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The state of North Dakota held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in North Dakota
Signature filing deadline for party candidates	April 7, 2014
Voter registration deadline for primary election	No registration required
Deadline to file certificate of write-in candidacy to run as a write-in candidate in state primary	June 6, 2014
Primary election date	June 10, 2014
Statewide ballot measure election	June 10, 2014
School board elections (2)	June 10, 2014
Petition drive deadline for ballot measures	August 6, 2014
Filing deadline for independent candidates for general election	September 2, 2014
Filing deadline for write-in candidates for general election	October 31, 2014
Voter registration deadline for general election	No registration required
General election date	November 4, 2014
Statewide ballot measure election	November 4, 2014

Below are the types of elections that were scheduled in North Dakota in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
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U.S. Senate	d
U.S. House	a
State Executives	a
State Senate	a
State House	a
Statewide ballot measures (9 measures)	a
Local ballot measures	d
School boards	a
State courts	a

2014 elections

Races to watch in North Dakota

North Dakota State Legislature

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2014 and North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the North Dakota State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 7, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.

2012 Margin of Victory, North Dakota State Senate
District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Votes	Top Opponent
District 12	John Grabinger	1.9%	5,800	Bernie Satrom
District 46	George B. Sinner	4.2%	7,569	Jim Roers
District 44	Tim Flakoll	4.8%	7,375	Rick Olek
District 4	John Warner	4.9%	6,368	Daryl J. Lies
District 20	Philip Murphy	7.7%	6,155	Melvin Erdmann
District 6	David O'Connell	8.8%	7,463	Pamela Smith
District 24	Larry Robinson	11.8%	6,873	Keith E. Hovland
District 42	Mac Schneider	14.9%	4,988	Ross Lien
District 18	Constance Triplett	19.9%	5,444	David Waterman
District 19	Tom Campbell	20.2%	5,813	Julius M. Wangler

Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 7, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber.

Elections by type

U.S. House

U.S. House of Representatives elections in North Dakota

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in North Dakota, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in North Dakota took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected one candidate to serve in the U.S. House from the state's At-Large Congressional District.

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. A primary election is also sometimes used to choose convention delegates and party leaders; however, these selection processes can vary from state to state and party to party within a state. In North Dakota, precinct, district, and state party officials are selected at party caucuses and conventions, not at the state-administered primary election. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. North Dakota utilizes an open primary system, in which voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.^[1][2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: The state of North Dakota does not have voter registration requirements. To prove eligibility, voters only have to prove they have lived in the state for at least 30 days before the election.^[4]

See also: North Dakota elections, 2014

Incumbent: The incumbent heading into the election was Kevin Cramer (R), who was first elected in 2012.

North Dakota has a single at-large congressional district, which makes up the entire state.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the one congressional seat from North Dakota.

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was April 7, 2014.

General election candidates

• Kevin Cramer - Incumbenta
• George B. Sinner
• Jack Seaman

June 10, 2014, primary results

Libertarian Primary

• Jack Seaman^[6]a

State Executives

State executive official elections in North Dakota

See also: North Dakota state executive official elections, 2014 and State executive official elections, 2014

Five state executive positions were up for election in 2014 in the state of North Dakota.

The following offices were elected in 2014 in North Dakota:

• North Dakota Attorney General
• North Dakota Secretary of State
• Agriculture Commissioner
• Tax Commissioner
• Public Service Commissioner

List of candidates by office

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was April 7, 2014.

Attorney General

Wayne Stenehjem - Incumbent
Kiara Kraus-Parr - Attorney^[7]

Secretary of State

Al Jaeger - Incumbent
April Fairfield - Non-profit director^[8]
Roland Riemers^[9]

Down ballot offices

Office	Incumbent	Assumed Office	Incumbent running?	General Election Candidates	2015 Winner	Partisan Switch?
Commissioner of Agriculture	Doug Goehring	2009	Running	Doug Goehring Ryan Taylor	Doug Goehring	No
Tax Commissioner	Ryan Rauschenberger	2014	Running	Ryan Rauschenberger Jason Astrup Anthony Mangnall	Ryan Rauschenberger	No
Public Service Commissioner	Brian Kalk	2009	Running	Brian Kalk Todd Reisenauer	Brian Kalk	No
Public Service Commissioner	Julie Fedorchak	2013	Running	Julie Fedorchak Tyler Axness	Julie Fedorchak	No

State Senate

State Senate election in North Dakota

See also: North Dakota State Senate elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

Elections for the North Dakota State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 7, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the North Dakota State Senate:

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was April 7, 2014.

District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 47

State House

State House elections in North Dakota

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 7, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the North Dakota House of Representatives:

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was April 7, 2014.

District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 • District 41 • District 43 • District 45 • District 47

Statewide ballot measures

Statewide ballot measure elections in North Dakota

See also: North Dakota 2014 ballot measures and 2014 ballot measures

Nine ballot measures were certified for the 2014 ballot in the state of North Dakota.

On the ballot

June 10:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Direct Democracy	Moves the filing deadline up for initiated petitions from 90 to 120 days before a statewide election	a

November 4:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Measure 1	Abortion	Declares in the state constitution that life begins at conception	d
LRCA	Measure 2	Taxes	Prevents the state from imposing mortgage, sales or transfer taxes on the mortgage or transfer of real property	a
LRCA	Measure 3	Education	Abolishes elected State Board of Higher Education and replaces it with appointed Commission of Higher Education	d
LRCA	Measure 4	Direct Democracy	Requires measures that have significant fiscal impacts on the state to be voted on at a general election	d
CICA	Measure 5	Taxes	Redirects some of the state's oil tax revenues to conservation efforts	d
CISS	Measure 6	Divorce & Custody	Creates a legal presumption that each parent is a fit parent and entitled to be awarded equal parental rights by a court	d
CISS	Measure 7	Business	Removes requirement that majority ownership in a pharmacy be held by a registered pharmacist	d
CISS	Measure 8	Education	Mandates that school classes begin after Labor Day	d

School boards

School board elections in North Dakota

See also: List of school board elections in 2014 and North Dakota school board elections, 2014

In 2014, 670 of America's largest school districts held elections for 2,188 seats. These elections took place in 37 states.

State elections

A total of two North Dakota school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for eight seats. Both districts held their elections on June 10, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about North Dakota's school board elections in 2014:

• An average of 2.13 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in North Dakota’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was higher than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
• None of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. Nationally 32.57 percent of school board seats were unopposed.

• Half of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they all successfully won another term. Nationally 75.56 percent of school board incumbents sought re-election.
• Four newcomers were elected to school boards in North Dakota. They took 50 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
• The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Bismarck Public Schools with 11,017 K-12 students.
• The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Fargo Public Schools with 10,609 K-12 students.
• Fargo Public Schools had the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with five seats up for election.
• Bismarck Public Schools had the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with three seats up for election.

The districts listed below served 21,626 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.^[10] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

Voting in North Dakota

See also: Voting in North Dakota

Important voting information

• A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. A primary election is also sometimes used to choose convention delegates and party leaders; however, these selection processes can vary from state to state and party to party within a state. In North Dakota, precinct, district, and state party officials are selected at party caucuses and conventions, not at the state-administered primary election. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. North Dakota utilizes an open primary system, in which voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.^[11][12][13]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

• North Dakota is the only state without voter registration. It was abolished in 1951. Click here to learn more about the voting system in North Dakota.^[14]

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in North Dakota, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

North Dakota is one of 33 states (plus the District of Columbia) that permit some form of early voting. Early voting begins 15 days before an election and ends on the day prior to Election Day.^[15]

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

North Dakota ranked first out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. North Dakota received an overall score of 82 percent.^[16]

See also

Footnotes

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