2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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, and Christiansen unsuccessfully ran for North Dakota's other Senate that year against incumbent Kevin Cramer.

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Withdrawn Rick Becker, state representative (running as Independent)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

Results

Democratic-NPL primary Candidates Nominee Katrina Christiansen, University of Jamestown engineering professor

Eliminated in primary Michael Steele, small business owner

Endorsements

Results

Independent Candidates Qualified Rick Becker, state representative

General election

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 19, 2021 Inside Elections July 1, 2022 Sabato's Crystal Ball August 2, 2022PoliticoApril 1, 2022RCPJanuary 10, 2022Fox News May 12, 2022DDHQJuly 20, 2022538August 4, 2022The EconomistSeptember 7, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Results

By county CountyJohn HoevenRepublicanKatrina ChristiansenDemocratic–NPLRick BeckerIndependentAll OthersMarginTotalvotes#%#%#%#%#%Adams65170.1%12613.6%15216.4%00.0%49953.7%929Barnes2,31459.5%97825.2%59215.2%40.1%1,33634.3%3,888Benson74950.6%47031.8%26017.6%10.1%27918.8%1,480Billings38170.9%488.9%10820.1%00.0%27350.8%537Bottineau1,80363.2%46316.2%58620.5%10.1%1,21742.7%2,853Bowman1,00374.0%1269.3%22416.5%30.2%77957.5%1,356Burke49463.6%628.0%22028.3%10.1%27435.3%777Burleigh18,75953.0%7,65421.6%8,95225.3%480.1%9,80727.7%35,413Cass26,52049.2%21,36039.6%5,92311.0%690.1%5,1609.6%53,872Cavalier1,12371.5%26717.0%17911.4%10.1%85654.5%1,570Dickey1,21168.0%33518.8%23413.1%20.1%87669.2%1,782Divide65764.2%16115.7%20620.1%00.0%45144.1%1,024Dunn1,10767.0%18911.4%35621.5%10.1%75145.5%1,653Eddy54358.0%20421.8%18820.1%10.1%33936.2%936Emmons91559.3%1066.9%51833.6%30.2%39725.7%1,542Foster79863.4%19815.7%26320.9%00.0%53542.5%1,259Golden Valley55170.8%7810.0%14919.2%00.0%40251.6%778Grand Forks9,95452.7%6,47434.3%2,43812.9%210.1%3,48018.4%18,887Grant75567.8%1039.2%25623.0%00.0%49944.8%1,114Griggs65666.0%17817.9%16016.1%00.0%47868.1%994Hettinger71869.2%11310.9%20319.6%30.3%51548.8%1,037Kidder65761.9%11911.2%28526.9%00.0%37235.0%1,061LaMoure1,12468.3%11911.2%28526.9%00.0%37235.0%1,061Logan54165.9%688.3%21225.8%00.0%32940.1%821McHenry1,26558.6%29713.8%59427.5%20.1%67131.1%2,158McIntosh78070.6%12311.1%20218.3%00.0%57852.3%1,105McKenzie2,22969.5%40712.7%56417.6%70.2%1,66551.9%3,207McLean2,38556.2%72017.0%1,13226.7%40.1%1,25339.5%4,241Mercer2,21361.8%42912.0%93726.2%40.1%1,27635.6%3,583Morton6,13054.0%2,10118.5%3,11527.4%120.1%3,01526.6%11,358Mountrail1,39353.1%63224.1%59322.6%30.1%76129.0%2,621Nelson96363.4%36223.8%19212.6%10.1%60139.6%1,518Oliver50961.1%829.8%24128.9%10.1%26832.2%833Pembina1,73770.6%40616.5%31812.9%00.0%1,33154.1%2,461Pierce87658.6%22715.2%39126.2%10.1%48532.4%1,495Ramsey2,42460.3%89022.2%70117.5%20.01%1,53438.1%4,017Ransom1,04557.4%52728.9%24813.6%10.1%51838.5%1,821Renville54761.0%879.7%26229.2%00.0%28531.8%896Richland3,75663.0%1,41123.7%79613.3%30.1%2,34539.3%5,966Rolette1,11840.9%1,26846.4%34212.5%40.1%-150-5.5%2,732Sargent98862.5%40325.5%19012.0%00.0%58537.0%1,581Sheridan36157.9%6410.3%19931.9%00.0%16226.0%624Sioux17630.1%30151.5%10618.2%10.2%-125-21.4%584Slope22674.8%237.6%5317.5%00.0%17357.3%302Stark5,92764.8%1,13812.4%2,07322.7%80.1%3,85442.1%9146Steele46959.4%22228.1%9812.4%10.1%24731.3%790Stutsman3,86257.4%1,53322.8%1,32319.7%60.1%2,32928.6%6,724Towner55064.3%17820.8%12714.9%00.0%37243.5%855Traill1,79560.4%82227.7%34911.7%60.2%97332.7%2,972Walsh2,41669.4%64018.4%42112.1%40.1%1,77651.0%3,481Ward9,84958.8%3,31419.8%3,56821.3%250.1%6,28139.0%16,756Wells92354.5%22513.3%54632.2%10.1%37722.3%1,695Williams4,57861.8%97013.1%1,85325.0%80.1%2,72536.8%7,409 Totals135,47456.4%59,99525.0%44,40618.5%2650.1%75,47931.4%240,140 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Rolette (largest CDP: Belcourt)

See also 2022 United States Senate elections 2022 North Dakota elections

Notes

References

External links Official campaign websites John Hoeven (R) for Senate Katrina Christiansen (D) for Senate