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North Dakota House of Representatives • 2014 North Dakota State Senate Elections
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.

Following the general election, there was no change to the majority control of the North Dakota House of Representatives. The Republican Party maintained their control of the chamber, increasing their seats from 70 to 71. The Democratic Party saw no change to their total number of seats, holding at 23. The vacant seat in the chamber was filled during the general election.

## Incumbents retiring[edit]

A total of ten incumbents did not run for re-election in 2014. Those incumbents were:

Name  |  Party  |  Current Office

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Scot Kelsh |  Democratic | House District 11
Alon Wieland |  Republican | House District 13
Steve Zaiser |  Democratic | House District 21
Clark Williams |  Democratic | House District 25
John Wall |  Republican | House District 25
Brenda Heller |  Republican | House District 33
Nancy Johnson |  Republican | House District 37
David Drovdal |  Republican | House District 39
Curt Kreun |  Republican | House District 43
Joe Heilman |  Republican | House District 45

## Majority control[edit]

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:

North Dakota House of Representatives

Party  |  As of November 3, 2014  |  After November 4, 2014
|  Democratic Party |  23  |  23
|  Republican Party |  70 |  71
|  Vacancy  |  1  |  0
Total |  94 |  94

## Qualifications[edit]

Article 4, Section 5 of the North Dakota Constitution states: State Senators and Representatives must be, on the day of the election, qualified voters in the district from which they are chosen and a resident of the state for one year preceding election to office.

2014 Competitiveness Overview

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## Competitiveness[edit]

### Candidates unopposed by a major party[edit]

In 16 (63%) of the 48 seats up for election in 2014, there was only one major party candidate running for election. A total of 12 Republicans and four Democrats were guaranteed election in November barring unforeseen circumstances.

Two major party candidates faced off in the general election in 32 (66.6%) of the 48 seats up for election.

### Primary challenges[edit]

A total of four incumbents faced primary competition on June 10. Ten incumbents did not run for re-election in 2014 and another 34 incumbents advanced past the primary without opposition. The state representatives that faced primary competition included:

* District 1: Incumbent Patrick Hatlestad and incumbent Gary Sukut defeated T.J. Corcoran in the Republican primary.
* District 19: Incumbent Wayne Trottier and incumbent Gary Paur defeated H. Steve Burke in the Republican primary.

### Retiring incumbents[edit]

Ten incumbent representatives did not run for re-election, while 38 (79%) of the current 48 incumbents ran for re-election. A list of those incumbents, three Democrats and seven Republicans, can be found above.

## List of candidates[edit]

### District 1[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Joseph E Adducci: 461 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Patrick Hatlestad: 1,587 a \- Incumbent Hatlestad was first elected to the chamber in 2006.
* Gary Sukut: 1,721 a \- Incumbent Sukut was first elected to the chamber in 2006.
* T.J. Corcoran: 1,458

November 4 General election candidates:
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Joseph E Adducci: 1,440
Patrick Hatlestad: 2,465
Gary Sukut: 2,622

### District 3[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Lee Snyder: 220 a
* Cindy Wilhelm: 219 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Roscoe Streyle: 408 a \- Incumbent Streyle was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
* Andrew Maragos: 444 a \- Incumbent Maragos was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

November 4 General election candidates:
Lee Snyder: 1,403
Cindy Wilhelm: 1,459
Roscoe Streyle: 2,465
Andrew Maragos: 2,815

### District 5[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Heidi Rintoul: 221 a
* Judy Vendsel: 226 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Roger Brabandt: 580 a \- Incumbent Brabandt was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
* Scott Louser: 625 a \- Incumbent Louser was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

November 4 General election candidates:
Heidi Rintoul: 1,376
Judy Vendsel: 1,455
Roger Brabandt: 2,746
Scott Louser: 3,249

### District 7[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* No candidates filed for election.

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Rick Becker: 767 a \- Incumbent Becker was first elected to the chamber in 2012.
* Jason Dockter: 796 a \- Incumbent Dockter was first elected to the chamber in 2012.

November 4 General election candidates:
Rick Becker: 4,569
Jason Dockter: 4,624

### District 9[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Tracy Boe: 402 a \- Incumbent Boe was first elected to the chamber in 2002.
* Marvin Nelson: 274 a \- Incumbent Nelson was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* No candidates filed for election.

November 4 General election candidates:
Tracy Boe: 2,253
Marvin Nelson: 1,600

### District 11[edit]

Note: Incumbent Scot Kelsh (D) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Ron Guggisberg: 785 a \- Incumbent Guggisberg was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
* Kris Wallman: 816 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* No candidates filed for election.

November 4 General election candidates:
Ron Guggisberg: 2,713
Kris Wallman: 2,928

### District 13[edit]

Note: Incumbent Alon Wieland (R) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Scott Brand: 371 a
* Jaci Stofferahn: 359 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Kim Koppelman: 532 a \- Incumbent Koppelman was first elected to the chamber in 1994.
* Christopher Olson: 460 a

November 4 General election candidates:
Scott Brand: 2,089
Jaci Stofferahn: 1,687
Kim Koppelman: 3,034
Christopher Olson: 2,443

### District 15[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* No candidates filed for election.

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Curt Hofstad: 1,028 a \- Incumbent Hofstad was first elected to the chamber in 2006.
* Dennis Johnson: 1,047 a \- Incumbent Johnson was first elected to the chamber in 1992.

November 4 General election candidates:
Curt Hofstad: 3,634
Dennis Johnson: 3,846

### District 17[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Edward Grossbauer: 503 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Mark Sanford: 768 a \- Incumbent Sanford was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
* Mark Owens: 634 a \- Incumbent Owens was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

November 4 General election candidates:
Edward Grossbauer: 2,080
Mark Sanford: 4,109
Mark Owens: 3,215

### District 19[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Carol Gierszewski: 459 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Wayne Trottier: 980 a \- Incumbent Trottier was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
* Gary Paur: 942 a \- Incumbent Paur was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
* H. Steve Burke: 400

November 4 General election candidates:
Carol Gierszewski: 1,757
Wayne Trottier: 2,860
Gary Paur: 2,873

### District 21[edit]

Note: Incumbent Steve Zaiser (D) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Kathy Hogan: 609 a \- Incumbent Hogan was first appointed to the chamber in November 2009.
* Mary Schneider: 625 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Robert Lauf: 369 a
* Lucas Paper: 359 a

November 4 General election candidates:
Kathy Hogan: 1,891
Mary Schneider: 2,010
Robert Lauf: 1,456
Lucas Paper: 1,422

### District 23[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Austin Langley: 1,197 a
* Ben Vig: 1,326 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Don Vigesaa: 1,575 a \- Incumbent Vigesaa was first elected to the chamber in 2002.
* William Devlin: 1,481 a \- Incumbent Devlin was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

November 4 General election candidates:
Austin Langley: 1,938
Ben Vig: 2,199
Don Vigesaa: 3,016
William Devlin: 2,689

### District 25[edit]

Note: Incumbent Clark Williams (D) did not run for re-election.
Note: Incumbent John Wall (R) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Richard Grosz: 502 a
* Alisa Mitskog: 583 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Cindy Beck: 822 a
* Bruce Eckre: 547 a
* Daniel Rugroden: 478

November 4 General election candidates:
Richard Grosz: 1,458
Alisa Mitskog: 2,300
Cindy Beck: 3,196
Bruce Eckre: 2,071

### District 27[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Logan Heinrich: 377 a
* Jess Roscoe: 381 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Randy Boehning: 608 a \- Incumbent Boehning was first elected to the chamber in 2002.
* Thomas Beadle: 590 a \- Incumbent Beadle was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

November 4 General election candidates:
Logan Heinrich: 1,757
Jess Roscoe: 1,901
Randy Boehning: 2,756
Thomas Beadle: 2,552

### District 29[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Lori Carlson: 824 a
* Charles Linderman: 857 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Chet Pollert: 1,482 a \- Incumbent Pollert was first elected to the chamber in 1998.
* Craig Headland: 1,372 a \- Incumbent Headland was first elected to the chamber in 2002.

November 4 General election candidates:
Lori Carlson: 2,117
Charles Linderman: 1,974
Chet Pollert: 3,517
Craig Headland: 3,214

### District 31[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* LaDonna Allard: 507 a
* Mike Faith: 592 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* James Schmidt: 1,128 a \- Incumbent Schmidt was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
* Karen Rohr: 1,162 a \- Incumbent Rohr was first elected to the chamber in 2010.

November 4 General election candidates:
LaDonna Allard: 1,523
Mike Faith: 1,661
James Schmidt: 3,280
Karen Rohr: 3,396

### District 33[edit]

Note: Incumbent Brenda Heller (R) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* No candidates filed for election.

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Gary Kreidt: 1,588 a \- Incumbent Kreidt was first elected to the chamber in 2002.
* Jay Seibel: 1,881 a

November 4 General election candidates:
Gary Kreidt: 4,346
Jay Seibel: 4,925

### District 35[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Darrell Miller: 671 a
* Tracy Potter: 735 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Bob Martinson: 1,008 a \- Incumbent Martinson was first elected to the chamber in 2000.
* Karen Karls: 931 a \- Incumbent Karls was first elected to the chamber in 2006.

November 4 General election candidates:
Darrell Miller: 1,978
Tracy Potter: 2,888
Bob Martinson: 3,616
Karen Karls: 3,166

### District 37[edit]

Note: Incumbent Nancy Johnson (R) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Mandy Kubik: 242 a
* Karen Nelson: 246 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Vicky Steiner: 813 a \- Incumbent Steiner was first elected to the chamber in 2010.
* Mike Lefor: 806 a

November 4 General election candidates:

Note: Karen Nelson withdrew from the race before the general election.[1]

Mandy Kubik: 1,237
Vicky Steiner: 3,445
Mike Lefor: 3,660

### District 39[edit]

Note: Incumbent David Drovdal (R) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Greg Tank: 482 a
* Maddison Voigt: 562 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Keith Kempenich: 2,003 a \- Incumbent Kempenich was first elected to the chamber in 1992.
* Denton Zubke: 1,915 a

November 4 General election candidates:
Greg Tank: 1,284
Maddison Voigt: 1,484
Keith Kempenich: 4,931
Denton Zubke: 4,537

### District 41[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Pamela Anderson: 724 a
* Sheila Christensen: 474 a
* Lillian Jones: 413

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Bette Grande: 901 a \- Incumbent Grande was first elected to the chamber in 1996.
* Al Carlson: 1,019 a \- Incumbent Carlson was first elected to the chamber in 1992.

November 4 General election candidates:
Pamela Anderson: 2,639
Sheila Christensen: 2,113
Bette Grande: 2,347
Al Carlson: 2,590

### District 43[edit]

Note: Incumbent Curt Kreun (R) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Lois Delmore: 307 a \- Incumbent Delmore was first elected to the chamber in 1994.
* Kyle Thorson: 274 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Richard Becker: 297 a
* Shelby Wood: 259 a

November 4 General election candidates:
Lois Delmore: 1,932
Kyle Thorson: 1,655
Richard Becker: 1,809
Shelby Wood: 1,717

### District 45[edit]

Note: Incumbent Joe Heilman (R) did not run for re-election.

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* Ed Gruchalla: 534 a \- Incumbent Gruchalla was first elected to the chamber in 2006.
* Brenda Warren: 512 a

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Mary Johnson: 604 a
* Tom Kading: 605 a

November 4 General election candidates:
Ed Gruchalla: 1,998
Brenda Warren: 1,706
Mary Johnson: 2,240
Tom Kading: 2,258

### District 47[edit]

June 10 Democratic primary candidates:

* No candidates filed for election.

June 10 Republican primary candidates:

* Lawrence Klemin: 1,233 a \- Incumbent Klemin was first elected to the chamber in 1998.
* George Keiser: 1,304 a \- Incumbent Keiser was first elected to the chamber in 1992.

November 4 General election candidates:
Lawrence Klemin: 4,685
George Keiser: 5,090

## See also[edit]

* North Dakota House of Representatives
* North Dakota Legislative Assembly
* State legislative elections, 2014

## External links[edit]

|  Suggest a link

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* North Dakota Secretary of State \- 2014 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List
* North Dakota Secretary of State \- Official Results Primary Election - June 10, 2014
* North Dakota Secretary of State \- 2014 General Election Contest/Candidate List
* North Dakota Secretary of State \- Official General Election Results

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed August 20, 2014

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Current members of the North Dakota House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Lawrence Klemin

Representatives

District 1

Patrick Hatlestad (R)

David Richter (R)

District 2

Bert Anderson (R)

Donald Longmuir (R)

District 3

Jeff Hoverson (R)

Bob Paulson (R)

District 4

Clayton Fegley (R)

Terry Jones (R)

District 5

Jay Fisher (R)

Scott Louser (R)

District 6

Dick Anderson (R)

Paul Thomas (R)

District 7

Rick Becker (R)

Jason Dockter (R)

District 8

Jeff Delzer (R)

Dave Nehring (R)

District 9

Tracy Boe (D)

Marvin Nelson (D)

District 10

Charles Damschen (R)

David Monson (R)

District 11

Gretchen Dobervich (D)

Ron Guggisberg (D)

District 12

Mitch Ostlie (R)

Bernie Satrom (R)

District 13

Kim Koppelman (R)

Austen Schauer (R)

District 14

Jon Nelson (R)

Robin Weisz (R)

District 15

Dennis Johnson (R)

Greg Westlind (R)

District 16

Ben Koppelman (R)

Andrew Marschall (R)

District 17

Mark Owens (R)

Mark Sanford (R)

District 18

Corey Mock (D)

Steve Vetter (R)

District 19

Gary Paur (R)

Wayne Trottier (R)

District 20

Mike Beltz (R)

Jared Hagert (R)

District 21

LaurieBeth Hager (D)

Mary Schneider (D)

District 22

Michael Howe (R)

Brandy Pyle (R)

District 23

William Devlin (R)

Don Vigesaa (R)

District 24

Cole Christensen (R)

Dwight Kiefert (R)

District 25

Alisa Mitskog (D)

Cynthia Schreiber-Beck (R)

District 26

Sebastian Ertelt (R)

Kathy Skroch (R)

District 27

Ruth Buffalo (D)

Greg Stemen (R)

District 28

Michael Brandenburg (R)

Jeffery Magrum (R)

District 29

Craig Headland (R)

Chet Pollert (R)

District 30

Glenn Bosch (R)

Mike Nathe (R)

District 31

Karen Rohr (R)

James Schmidt (R)

District 32

Patrick Heinert (R)

Lisa Meier (R)

District 33

Gary Kreidt (R)

Bill Tveit (R)

District 34

Todd Porter (R)

Nathan Toman (R)

District 35

Karen Karls (R)

Bob Martinson (R)

District 36

Dori Hauck (R)

Mike Schatz (R)

District 37

Mike Lefor (R)

Vicky Steiner (R)

District 38

Larry Bellew (R)

Dan Ruby (R)

District 39

Keith Kempenich (R)

Denton Zubke (R)

District 40

Matthew Ruby (R)

Randy Schobinger (R)

District 41

Pamela Anderson (D)

Michelle Strinden (R)

District 42

Claire Cory (R)

Emily O'Brien (R)

District 43

Mary Adams (D)

Zac Ista (D)

District 44

Joshua Boschee (D)

Karla Hanson (D)

District 45

Mary Johnson (R)

Tom Kading (R)

District 46

Shannon Jones (R)

James Kasper (R)

District 47

George Keiser (R)

Lawrence Klemin (R)

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