2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota

2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota
	County results; Hoeven: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Christiansen: 40–50% 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; John Hoeven; Republican	Elected U.S. senator ; John Hoeven; Republican

The 2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Dakota. Incumbent Republican John Hoeven was first elected in 2010 with 76% of the vote to succeed retiring Democratic–NPL incumbent Byron Dorgan, and won re-election in 2016 with 78.5% of the vote. He ran for a re-election to a third term in office against Democratic-NPL nominee Katrina Christiansen. He also faced State Representative Rick Becker who initially ran as a Republican in the primary but suspended his campaign in August 2022 and instead ran as an Independent.

Hoeven won reelection to a third term in office with 56.4% of the vote. His performance however was far less impressive than in both of his prior races and even substantially lower than what most polling had indicated, and was the worst a winning Republican had made in the Class 3 seat since 1974. This underperformance was in part attributed to Becker’s candidacy as an Independent, who took 18.5% of the vote. Additionally, Christiansen's 25% vote share was the highest of any Democratic–NPL candidate for the Class 3 Senate seat since Dorgan's landslide 2004 win. Becker later rejoined the Republican Party in January 2024.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Hoeven, incumbent U.S. Senator

Eliminated in primary

Riley Kuntz, oil worker

Withdrawn

Rick Becker, state representative (running as Independent)

Endorsements

John Hoeven

Executive Branch Officials

Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)

U.S. Senators

Kevin Cramer, U.S. Senator from North Dakota (2019–present) and former U.S. Representative from ND-AL (2013–2019)

Organizations

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Hoeven (incumbent)	59,529	77.8
	Republican	Riley Kuntz	16,400	21.4
	Write-in		557	0.7
Total votes			76,486	100.0

Democratic-NPL primary

Candidates

Nominee

Katrina Christiansen, University of Jamestown engineering professor

Eliminated in primary

Michael Steele, small business owner

Endorsements

Katrina Christiansen

Organizations

North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party

Results

Democratic–NPL primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Katrina Christiansen	17,187	76.8
	Democratic–NPL	Michael Steele	5,174	23.1
	Write-in		24	0.1
Total votes			22,385	100.0

Independent

Candidates

Qualified

Rick Becker, state representative

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid R	November 19, 2021
Inside Elections	Solid R	July 1, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe R	August 2, 2022
Politico	Solid R	April 1, 2022
RCP	Safe R	January 10, 2022
Fox News	Solid R	May 12, 2022
DDHQ	Solid R	July 20, 2022
538	Solid R	August 4, 2022
The Economist	Safe R	September 7, 2022

Endorsements

John Hoeven (R)

Executive Branch officials

Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)

U.S. Senators

Kevin Cramer, U.S. Senator from North Dakota (2019–present)

Organizations

Katrina Christiansen (D–NPL)

Organizations

Results

2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Hoeven (incumbent)	135,474	56.41%	-22.07%
	Democratic–NPL	Katrina Christiansen	59,995	24.98%	+8.01%
	Independent	Rick Becker	44,406	18.49%	N/A
	Write-in		265	0.11%	N/A
Total votes			240,140	100.0%
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Rolette (Largest CDP: Belcourt)

References

^ ^a ^b Wagner, Cordell. "Senator John Hoeven Seeking 3rd Term". www.valleynewslive.com.
^ ^a ^b "Hoeven to seek third term in Senate". February 4, 2021.
^ "Hoeven decisively defends US Senate seat in three-way North Dakota race". InForum. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
^ Jurgens, Paul. "Rick Becker announces run for US House of Representatives". The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^ "2022 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List". North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
^ Brooks, Emily (February 6, 2022). "Rick Becker announces GOP primary challenge to North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven". Washington Examiner. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Turley, Jeremy (April 2, 2022). "Hoeven beats Becker for North Dakota GOP endorsement in Senate race". www.inforum.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Trump endorses Hoeven; Becker plans to honor convention results". bismarktribune.com.
^ ^a ^b "Endorsed Candidates". proisraelamerica.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Two North Dakota Democrats enter US Senate race". February 14, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "North Dakota Democratic-NPL endorses statewide candidates amid recruiting struggles". March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
^ "Ex-Miss America Mund qualifies as ND congressional candidate". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 9, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
^ "2022 Senate Race ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
^ "Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
^ "2022 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
^ "North Dakota Senate Race 2022". Politico. April 1, 2022.
^ "Battle for the Senate 2022". RCP. January 10, 2022.
^ "2022 Election Forecast". Fox News. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
^ "2022 Election Forecast". DDHQ. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
^ "2022 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
^ "Economist's 2022 Senate forecast". The Economist. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
^ "2022 Candidates for Common Good". Vote Common Good. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
^ "Endorsed Candidates". National Women's Political Caucus. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
^ "Official 2022 General Election Results". North Dakota Secretary of State. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

External links

Official campaign websites

[hoeven_running-1] Wagner, Cordell. "Senator John Hoeven Seeking 3rd Term". www.valleynewslive.com.

[hoeven2-2] "Hoeven to seek third term in Senate". February 4, 2021.

[3] "Hoeven decisively defends US Senate seat in three-way North Dakota race". InForum. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.

[4] Jurgens, Paul. "Rick Becker announces run for US House of Representatives". The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO. Retrieved April 14, 2024.

[5] "2022 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List". North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved April 11, 2022.

[6] Brooks, Emily (February 6, 2022). "Rick Becker announces GOP primary challenge to North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven". Washington Examiner. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[Endorsed-7] Turley, Jeremy (April 2, 2022). "Hoeven beats Becker for North Dakota GOP endorsement in Senate race". www.inforum.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.

[bismarcktribune.com-8] "Trump endorses Hoeven; Becker plans to honor convention results". bismarktribune.com.

[Endorsed_Candidates-9] "Endorsed Candidates". proisraelamerica.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[two_democrats-10] "Two North Dakota Democrats enter US Senate race". February 14, 2022.

[inforum.com-11] "North Dakota Democratic-NPL endorses statewide candidates amid recruiting struggles". March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

[12] "Ex-Miss America Mund qualifies as ND congressional candidate". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 9, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

[Cook_PR-13] "2022 Senate Race ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

[Inside_Elections-14] "Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved January 18, 2021.

[Sabato's_Crystal_Ball-15] "2022 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 28, 2021.

[Politico-16] "North Dakota Senate Race 2022". Politico. April 1, 2022.

[RCP-17] "Battle for the Senate 2022". RCP. January 10, 2022.

[Fox_News-18] "2022 Election Forecast". Fox News. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.

[DDHQ-19] "2022 Election Forecast". DDHQ. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

[FiveThirtyEight-20] "2022 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.

[The_Economist-21] "Economist's 2022 Senate forecast". The Economist. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

[22] "2022 Candidates for Common Good". Vote Common Good. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

[23] "Endorsed Candidates". National Women's Political Caucus. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

[generalresults-24] "Official 2022 General Election Results". North Dakota Secretary of State. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

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2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Results

Democratic-NPL primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Results

Independent

Candidates

Qualified

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

External links

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