NORTH DAKOTA 3 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, North Dakota Secretary of State)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012
699,628
No Voter Registration
North Dakota has: 53 counties.
Largest counties: Cass, Burleigh, Grand Forks, Ward. >

Government
Governor: Jack Dalrymple (R) sworn in to succeed Sen.elect Hoeven in Dec. 7, 2010 and elected to full term in 2012.
State Legislature: ND Legislative Assembly   House: 94 seats  Senate: 47 seats
Local: Cities, Counties, Tribal  NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1R - Rick Berg (R).
U.S. Senate: Kent Conrad (D) did not seek re-election in 2012 (+), John Hoeven (R) elected in 2010.
2012
Governor: Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) /Drew Wrigley defeated Senate Minority Leader Ryan M. Taylor (D) /Ellen Chaffee by 63.10% to 34.31%, with the remainder going to two independents.
U.S. Senate:
Sen. Kent Conrad's retirement created an open seat.  Former AG Heidi Heitkamp (D) upset Rep. Rick Berg (R) by 161,337 votes (50.24%) to 158,401 (49.32%).
U.S. House: Rep. Berg's Senate run opened the House seat.  Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer (R) defeated former state Rep. Pam Gulleson (D) by 173,585 (54.89%) to 131,870 (41.70%) and 10,261 (3.24%) to Eric Olson (L).
State Legislature: Republicans maintained strong majorities the House went from 69R, 25D to  71R, 23D and 34R, 12D to 33R, 13D.
Ballot Measures: Voters approved four ballot measures, but rejected one relating to prevention of animal cruelty.

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Peace Garden State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 533,050.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.6%.



Official Results >


+Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
188,320 (58.32)
Obama/Biden (Dem.)
124,966
(38.70)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)
1,186
(0.37)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
5,238
(1.62)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)
1,362
(0.42)
w/ins
1,860
(0.58)
Total........322,932


Total ballots returned: 1,820,507.
Overview: Romney-Ryan won North Dakota with a plurality of 63,354 votes (19.62 percentage points), carrying all but six counties (Rolette, Ransom, Benson, Sargent, Sioux and Steele).  No visits were noted.  Both of Gov. Gary Johnson 's parents are North Dakota natives; he lived in Minot for his first two years and had visited a few times since then.
Obama  |  (Romney)
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[Primary June 26]
Presidential Preference Caucuses: Republicans -- Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Democrats

Republicans
28 Delegates: 3 RNC; 22 at-large; 3 by CD (3 x 1 CD). 
1.22% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Republicans started with caucuses on March 6 leading up to the state convention at the Bismarck Civic Center on March 30-April 1.

official, 47 out of 47 legislative districts reporting
Newt Gingrich
962
8.5%
Ron Paul
3,186
28.1%
Mitt Romney
2,691
23.7%
+Rick Santorum
4,510
39.7%
Total 11,349



General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 486,871.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 65.0%.


 

Official Results >


+McCain/Palin (Rep.)
168,601 (53.25)
Obama/Biden (Dem.-NPL) 141,278 (44.62)
Baldwin (Const.)
1,199
(0.38)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
1,354
(0.43)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
4,189 (1.32)
Total........316,621





Total ballots cast: 321,133.
2008 Overview
The Obama campaign built up an organization in North Dakota, but shut it down in the latter part of September.  McCain-Palin won North Dakota's three electoral votes with a plurality of 27,323 votes (8.63 percentage points), carrying 40 counties to 13 for Obama.
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader


General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 482,722.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.8%.

Official Results


+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 196,651
(62.86)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.-NPL)
 111,052
(35.50)
Michael Peroutka (Const.) 514 (0.16)
Michael Badnarik (Lib.)
851 
(0.27)
Ralph Nader (Ind.)
 3,756
(1.20)
Martin Wishnatsky (w/in)
 9
Total........312,833
 




Total ballots cast: 316,049.
2004 Overview
Although North Dakota experienced a 1.2% decrease in population in the period from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004, 8.5% more people voted in the Nov. 2004 race for president than had voted in 2000.  Bush won with a plurality of 85,599 votes (27.36 percentage points).  Bush carried 49 counties to 4 for Kerry (Benson, Rolette, Sioux and Steele).

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 477,968.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.3%.
Official Results


Gore/Lieberman (Dem-NPL)
95,284
(33.06)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
174,852
(60.66)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
7,288
(2.53)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
373
(0.13)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Ind.)
313
(0.11)
Nader/LaDuke (Ind.)
9,486
(3.28)
Browne/Olivier (Ind.)
660
(0.23)
Total........288,256




Total ballots cast: 292,249.
2000 Overview
To no one's surprise the Bush-Cheney ticket handily claimed North Dakota's three electoral votes, winning with a plurality of 79,586 votes (27.60 percentage points) and carrying 51 of 53 counties.  Pat Buchanan, who visited Fargo on Oct. 17, achieved one of his best showings nationwide in North Dakota -- a meager 2.5%.  Gore's two counties were Sioux (on the southern edge of the state; part of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation) and Rolette (on the northern edge of the state; encompases Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation).

Notes: Established political parties in North Dakota were the Republican, Democratic-NPL and Reform parties.  Third parties could establish themselves and gain access by April 14, 2000 (the sixtieth day prior to the June 13, 2000 Primary Election) as the Constitution Party did. Other candidates must run under Independent nominations, requiring submission of petitions containing signatures of 4,000 qualified North Dakota electors to the Secretary of State by Sept. 8, 2000 at 4 p.m. (the sixtieth day prior to the Nov. 7, 2000 General Election).

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Bush (Rep.)..........136,244
(44.22)
Clinton (Dem.)........99,168
(32.18)
Perot (Ind.).............71,084
(23.07)
Others (5+w/in)........1,637
(0.53)
Total........308,133

1996
Dole (Rep.)...........125,050
(46.94)
Clinton (Dem.).......106,905
(40.13)
Perot (Ref.).............32,515
(12.20)
Others (2+w/ins).......1,941
(0.73)
Total........266,411