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NORTH DAKOTA GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT

All results are unofficial and are subject to change

Winners appear in bold

Results as of 11:11 a.m. EST

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NORTH DAKOTA 2008 BALLOT
Offices up for Election in 2008 United States President & Vice President United States House of Representatives:All seats Governor & Lieutenant Governor State Treasurer Auditor Superintendent of Public Instruction Insurance Commissioner Public Service Commission: 1 seat State Supreme Court: 2 seats State Senate: Even-numbered districts (23 seats) State House of Delegates:Even-numbered districts (46 seats)
PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (C) Bob Barr/Wayne Root (L) John McCain/Sarah Palin (R) Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (I) Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D) Back to top of ballot
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
At-large
Duane Sand (R) Earl Pomeroy (D) Incumbent Back to top of ballot
GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

John Hoeven & Jack Dalrymple (R) Incumbent Tim Mathern & Merle Boucher (D) DuWayne Hendrickson & Dana Brandenburg (I) Back to top of ballot
STATE TREASURER

Kelly L Schmidt (R) Incumbent Mitch Vance (D) Back to top of ballot
AUDITOR

Daryl Splichal (D) Bob Peterson (R) Incumbent Back to top of ballot
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

Adam Hamm (R) Incumbent Jasper Schneider (D) Back to top of ballot
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Brian Kalk (R) Cheryl Bergian (D) Back to top of ballot
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Max L. Laird Wayne G. Sanstead Incumbent Back to top of ballot
STATE SUPREME COURT
Justice Position	Justice Position (Unexpired Term)
Mary Maring Incumbent	Daniel J. Crothers Incumbent Back to top of ballot
STATE SENATE
Total Senate Seats: 47	Total Senate Seats up for Election:23
Total Senate Republicans: 26 Total (R) Seats up for Election: 16	Total Senate Democrats: 21 Total (D) Seats up for Election: 7

District 2	District 4
Dorvan Solberg (D) John Andrist (R) Incumbent	John M Warner (D) Incumbent
District 6	District 8
David Paul O'Connell (D) Incumbent James Paul Bartlett (R)	Layton Freborg (R) Incumbent Westley Weible (D)
District 10	District 12 - Too Close to Call
Curtis Olafson (R) Incumbent Paul Bonaime (D)	Dave Nething (R) Incumbent John Grabinger (D)
District 14	District 16
Jerry Klein (R) Incumbent Jim Long (D)	Harvey Tallackson (D) Incumbent Joe Miller (R)
District 18	District 20
Andrew Lutz (R) Constance Triplett (D) Incumbent	Elroy N Lindaas (D) Incumbent Martin Johnson (R) Back to top of ballot
District 22	District 24
Gary A Lee (R) Incumbent John Lund (D)	Dwight Grotberg (R) Larry Robinson (D) Incumbent
District 26	District 28
Donnell (Nell) Walstead (R) Jim Dotzenrod (D)	Alan Bergman (D) Robert S Erbele (R) Incumbent
District 30	District 32
Bob Stenehjem (R) Incumbent Chris Ebertz (D)	Dick Dever (R) Incumbent Tom Asbridge (D)
District 34	District 36
Arnold Zins (D) Dwight Cook (R) Incumbent	Chuck Andrus (D) George Nodland (R)
District 38	District 40
David Hogue (R) Gary W Granzotto (D)	Dianne Giessinger (D) Karen K Krebsbach (R) Incumbent Back to top of ballot
District 42	District 44
Mac Schneider (D) Nate Martindale (R)	Allan Branstiter (D) Tim Flakoll (R) Incumbent
District 46
Diane Hill (D) Tom Fischer (R) Incumbent	Back to top of ballot
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Two seats per district
Total House Seats: 94	Total House Seats up for Election: 46
Total House Republicans: 61 Total (R) Seats up for Election: 33	Total House Democrats: 33 Total (D) Seats up for Election: 13

District 2	District 4
Bob Skarphol (R) Incumbent David S. Rust (R) Cecile Wehrman (D) Lynn Jacobson (D)	Daryl J Lies (R) Kenton Onstad (D) Incumbent Tom Conklin (D)
District 6	District 8
Bob Hunskor (D) Incumbent Christine Peterson (D) Glen Froseth (R) Incumbent Roger Slotsve (R)	Audrey Boe Olsen (D) Ken Baker (D) Dwight Wrangham (R) Incumbent Jeff Delzer (R) Incumbent
District 10 - Too Close to Call	District 12
Chuck Damschen (R) Incumbent David Monson (R) Incumbent Kathy Stremick (D) Richard Flanders (D)	Dallas Rosin (R) Joe Kroeber (D) Incumbent Lyle Hanson (D) Incumbent
District 14	District 16
Duane DeKrey (R) Incumbent Robin Weisz (R) Incumbent Karen Volk (D) Robert Stringer (D)	Eugene F. Kachena (D) Robert Kilichowski (D) Joyce Kingsbury (R) Incumbent Phyllis Hankey Schindele (R)
District 18	District 20
Eliot Glassheim (D) Incumbent Lonny Winrich (D) Mark Owens (R) Incumbent	Jacob Holm (R) Larry O’Brien (R) Lee Kaldor (D) Incumbent Rick Holman (D) Back to top of ballot
District 22	District 24
Allan C Peterson (D) Keith Gohdes (D) Vonnie Pietsch (R) Incumbent Wesley R Belter (R) Incumbent	Dwight Kiefert (R) Jon Wagar (R) Phil Mueller (D) Incumbent Ralph Metcalf (D) Incumbent
District 26	District 28
Bill Amerman (D) Incumbent Jerry Kelsh (D) Gary Schnell (R) John Dyste (R)	Isadore Gross (D) Kristen Vetter (D) Michael Don Brandenburg (R) Incumbent William E Kretschmar (R) Incumbent
District 30	District 32
Carol A Christianson (D) Casey Skovran (D) Dave Weiler (R) Incumbent Mike Nathe (R)	Cheryl Long Feather (D) Jim Unkenholz (D) Lisa M Meier (R) Incumbent Mark A Dosch (R) Incumbent
District 34	District 36
Brent Veil (D) Rob Tausend (D) Rae Ann Kelsch (R) Incumbent Todd Porter (R) Incumbent	Frank Klein (R) Mike Schatz (R) Shirley Meyer (D) Incumbent Todd M Hall (D)
District 38	District 40
Dan Ruby (R) Incumbent Larry Bellew (R) Incumbent Kurt D Smith (D) Marilyn K Carlson (D)	Matthew M (Matt) Klein (R) Incumbent Robert (Bob) Frantsvog (R) Sue Olafson (D) Ben Scheeler (D) Back to top of ballot
District 42	District 44
Bruce A Sanford (D) Corey Mock (D) Donald D Dietrich (R) Incumbent Stacey (Horter) Dahl (R) Incumbent	Blair Thoreson (R) Incumbent Donald L Clark (R) Incumbent Bob Jansen (D) Janice Benson Johnson (D)
District 46
Dennis Edwards (D) Pearce Tefft (D) Jim Kasper (R) Incumbent Kathy Hawken (R) Incumbent	Back to top of ballot
INITIATIVES & REFERENDA
Item	Status
Constitutional Measure No. 1 Click here for summary	NO
Statutory Measure No. 2 Click here for summary	NO
Statutory Measure No. 3 Click here for summary	YES
Statutory Measure No. 4 Click here for summary	YES

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