United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2016

2016 U.S. Senate Election in North Dakota

General Election Date November 8, 2016

Primary Date June 14, 2016

November 8 Election Winner: John Hoeven

Incumbent prior to election: John Hoeven

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2016 U.S. House Elections

Voters in North Dakota elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 8, 2016.

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated North Dakota's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent John Hoeven (R) defeated Eliot Glassheim (D), Robert Marquette (L), and James Germalic (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in June.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
April 11, 2016	June 14, 2016	November 8, 2016

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.

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

Incumbent: The election filled the Class 3 Senate seat held by John Hoeven (R). He was first elected in 2010.

Election results

General election

U.S. Senate, North Dakota General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Hoeven Incumbent	78.5%	268,788
	Democratic	Eliot Glassheim	17%	58,116
	Libertarian	Robert Marquette	3.1%	10,556
	Independent	James Germalic	1.4%	4,675
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	366
Total Votes				342,501
Source: North Dakota Secretary of State

Candidates

General election candidates:

John Hoevena
Eliot Glassheim
Robert Marquette
James Germalic

Primary candidates:

Democratic

Eliot Glassheim - State rep. a

Republican

John Hoeven - Incumbent a

Third Party/Other

Robert Marquette (Libertarian) a

Election history

2012

See also: United States Senate elections in North Dakota, 2012

On November 6, 2012, Heidi Heitkamp (D) won election to the United States Senate. She defeated Rick Berg (R) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, North Dakota General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Heidi Heitkamp	50.5%	161,337
	Republican	Rick Berg	49.5%	158,401
Total Votes				319,738
Source: North Dakota Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010

On November 2, 2010, John Hoeven won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Tracy Potter (D) and Keith J. Hanson (Libertarian) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, North Dakota General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Hoeven	76.2%	181,689
	Democratic-Nonpartisan League	Tracy Potter	22.2%	52,955
	Libertarian	Keith J. Hanson	1.6%	3,890
Total Votes				238,534

Important dates and deadlines

See also: North Dakota elections, 2016

The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in North Dakota in 2016.

Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016
Deadline	Event type	Event description
January 1, 2016	Ballot access	First day for primary candidates to begin circulating candidate petitions
January 4, 2016	Ballot access	First day for primary candidates to file completed petitions
April 8, 2016	Ballot access	First day for independent general election candidates to begin circulating petitions
April 11, 2016	Ballot access	Deadline for primary candidates to file completed petitions
May 13, 2016	Campaign finance	Pre-primary statement due
May 24, 2016	Ballot access	Deadline for write-in primary candidates for congressional or statewide office to file certificates of write-in candidacy
June 10, 2016	Ballot access	Deadline for write-in primary candidates for state legislative office to file certificates of write-in candidacy
June 14, 2016	Election date	Primary election
September 6, 2016	Ballot access	Deadline for independent general election candidates to file completed petitions
October 7, 2016	Campaign finance	Pre-general statement due
October 18, 2016	Ballot access	Deadline for write-in candidates for congressional or statewide office to file certificates of write-in candidacy
November 4, 2016	Ballot access	Deadline for write-in candidates for state legislative office to file certificates of write-in candidacy
November 8, 2016	Election date	General election
January 31, 2017	Campaign finance	Year-end statement due
Source: North Dakota Secretary of State, "North Dakota 2016 Election Calendar," accessed June 12, 2015

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in North Dakota, 2016
• United States Senate elections, 2016
• John Hoeven

Footnotes

For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!

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North Dakota's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Kevin Cramer (R)

John Hoeven (R)

Representatives

Julie Fedorchak (R)

Republican Party (3)