North Dakota Senate: Party Control

Current seats

Republican majorityDemocrats 5, Republicans 42. 47 seats; 24 for a majority.

Democrats 5Republicans 42

Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 5Republican 42

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

No majority line: the chamber changed size (47 to 53 seats).

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Seats	Control
2022	4	43	0	47	Republican majority
2020	7	40	0	47	Republican majority
2018	10	37	0	47	Republican majority
2016	9	38	0	47	Republican majority
2014	15	32	0	47	Republican majority
2012	14	33	0	47	Republican majority
2010	12	35	0	47	Republican majority
2008	21	26	0	47	Republican majority
2006	21	26	0	47	Republican majority
2004	15	32	0	47	Republican majority
2002	16	31	0	47	Republican majority
2000	17	32	0	49	Republican majority
1998	18	31	0	49	Republican majority
1996	19	30	0	49	Republican majority
1994	20	29	0	49	Republican majority
1992	25	24	0	49	Democratic majority
1990	27	26	0	53	Democratic majority
1988	32	21	0	53	Democratic majority
1986	27	26	0	53	Democratic majority
1984	24	29	0	53	Republican majority
1982	20	33	0	53	Republican majority
1980	8	42	0	50	Republican majority
1978	14	36	0	50	Republican majority
1976	18	32	0	50	Republican majority
1974	17	34	0	51	Republican majority
1972	11	40	0	51	Republican majority
1970	13	36	0	49	Republican majority
1968	Not available

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 25 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
2	MARK ENGET	Republican	82.9%
4	CHUCK WALEN	Republican	96.6%
6	PAUL JOHN THOMAS	Republican	82.1%
8	JEFFERY J MAGRUM	Republican	97.7%
9 (special)	RICHARD MARCELLAIS	Democrat	61.4%
10	RYAN G BRAUNBERGER	Democrat	50.8%
12	COLE CONLEY	Republican	66.8%
14	JERRY KLEIN	Republican	78.7%
15 (special)	KENT WESTON	Republican	98.5%
16	DAVID A CLEMENS	Republican	61.5%
18	SCOTT MEYER	Republican	54.0%
20	RANDY D LEMM	Republican	70.9%
22	MARK F WEBER	Republican	97.6%
24	MIKE WOBBEMA	Republican	64.9%
26	DALE PATTEN	Republican	98.9%
28	ROBERT ERBELE	Republican	74.5%
30	DIANE LARSON	Republican	73.5%
32	DICK DEVER	Republican	96.6%
34	JUSTIN GERHARDT	Republican	73.6%
36	DESIREE VAN OOSTING	Republican	99.1%
38	DAVID HOGUE	Republican	97.8%
40	JOSE CASTANEDA	Republican	97.3%
42	CLAIRE CORY	Republican	60.6%
44	JOSHUA A BOSCHEE	Democrat	94.6%
46	MICHELLE POWERS	Republican	54.5%

2022: 32 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	BRAD BEKKEDAHL	Republican	98.7%
3	BOB PAULSON	Republican	96.2%
5	RANDY A BURCKHARD	Republican	97.0%
6 (special)	SHAWN VEDAA	Republican	79.3%
7	MICHELLE AXTMAN	Republican	97.8%
8 (special)	JEFFERY J MAGRUM	Republican	97.1%
9	KENT WESTON	Republican	53.7%
10 (special)	RYAN BRAUNBERGER	Democratic-npl	50.7%
11	TIM MATHERN	Democratic-npl	93.5%
13	JUDY LEE	Republican	96.4%
15	JUDY ESTENSON	Republican	65.5%
17	JONATHAN L SICKLER	Republican	97.6%
19	JANNE MYRDAL	Republican	75.7%
20 (special)	RANDY D LEMM	Republican	71.1%
21	KATHY HOGAN	Democratic-npl	62.4%
23	TODD BEARD	Republican	99.0%
25	LARRY LUICK	Republican	63.5%
26 (special)	DALE PATTEN	Republican	99.0%
27	KRISTIN ROERS	Republican	59.1%
28 (special)	ROBERT "BOB" ERBELE	Republican	97.6%
29	TERRY M WANZEK	Republican	72.9%
31	DONALD SCHAIBLE	Republican	98.2%
33	KEITH BOEHM	Republican	97.1%
35	SEAN CLEARY	Republican	60.0%
36 (special)	JAY ELKIN	Republican	98.6%
37	DEAN RUMMEL	Republican	98.2%
39	GREG KESSEL	Republican	70.3%
41	KYLE DAVISON	Republican	95.6%
43	JEFF BARTA	Republican	53.0%
44 (special)	MERRILL PIEPKORN	Democratic-npl	62.2%
45	RONALD G SORVAAG	Republican	95.7%
47	MIKE DWYER	Republican	97.8%

2020: 23 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
2	DAVID S RUST	Republican	99.0%
4	JORDAN KANNIANEN	Republican	67.8%
6	SHAWN VEDAA	Republican	72.7%
8	HOWARD C ANDERSON JR	Republican	98.4%
10	JANNE MYRDAL	Republican	74.3%
12	COLE CONLEY	Republican	56.0%
14	JERRY KLEIN	Republican	79.2%
16	DAVID A CLEMENS	Republican	52.1%
18	SCOTT MEYER	Republican	53.8%
20	RANDY D LEMM	Republican	68.8%
22	MARK WEBER	Republican	68.3%
24	MIKE WOBBEMA	Republican	50.9%
26	JASON HEITKAMP	Republican	52.8%
28	ROBERT S ERBELE	Republican	98.5%
30	DIANE LARSON	Republican	97.8%
32	DICK DEVER	Republican	65.1%
34	DOUG LARSEN	Republican	73.0%
36	JAY ELKIN	Republican	97.4%
38	DAVID HOGUE	Republican	98.1%
40	KAREN KAY KREBSBACH	Republican	96.7%
42	CURT KREUN	Republican	53.4%
44	MERRILL PIEPKORN	Democratic-npl	54.1%
46	JIM ROERS	Republican	54.0%

2016: 23 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	David S Rust	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
4	Jordan L Kannianen	not in source	66.3%	seats not in source
6	Shawn A Vedaa	not in source	55.0%	seats not in source
8	Howard C Anderson Jr	not in source	75.1%	seats not in source
10	Janne Myrdal	not in source	64.3%	seats not in source
12	John Grabinger	not in source	58.9%	seats not in source
14	Jerry Klein	not in source	73.8%	seats not in source
16	David Clemens	not in source	54.1%	seats not in source
18	Scott Meyer	not in source	53.8%	seats not in source
20	Arne Osland	not in source	57.8%	seats not in source
22	Gary A Lee	not in source	70.6%	seats not in source
24	Larry J Robinson	not in source	51.2%	seats not in source
26	Jim Dotzenrod	not in source	51.2%	seats not in source
28	Robert S Erbele	not in source	83.3%	seats not in source
30	Diane Larson	not in source	70.8%	seats not in source
32	Dick Dever	not in source	65.5%	seats not in source
34	Dwight Cook	not in source	74.4%	seats not in source
36	Kelly Armstrong	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
38	David Hogue	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
40	Karen Krebsbach	not in source	72.7%	seats not in source
42	Curt Kreun	not in source	52.4%	seats not in source
44	Merrill Piepkorn	not in source	51.0%	seats not in source
46	Jim Roers	not in source	50.2%	seats not in source

Not available: 2018.

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.