# 2020 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

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The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. representative from North Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The incumbent is Republican Kelly Armstrong, who was elected with 60.2% of the vote in 2018.

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Kelly Armstrong, incumbent U.S. Representative

### Primary results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Kelly Armstrong (incumbent) | 99,582 | 99.54% |
| | Republican | Write-In | 461 | 0.46% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 100,043 | 100.0% |

## Democratic-NPL primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Zach Raknerud, retail manager and Democratic-NPL nominee for District 5 of the North Dakota House of Representatives in 2018
* Roland Riemers, perennial candidate, winner of the 1996 North Dakota Democratic primary

### Endorsements

Labor unions
* North Dakota AFL–CIO
Organizations
* North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party
* DUH! Demand Universal Healthcare

### Primary results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic–NPL | Zach Raknerud | 21,394 | 62.03% |
| | Democratic–NPL | Roland Riemers | 12,747 | 36.96% |
| | Democratic–NPL | Write-In | 346 | 1.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,487 | 100.0% |

## Libertarian primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Steven Peterson

#### Primary results

Libertarian primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Libertarian | Steven Peterson | 729 | 78.47% |
| | Libertarian | Write-In | 200 | 22.36% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 929 | 100.0% |

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| The Cook Political Report | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
| Inside Elections | Safe R | October 28, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
| Politico | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
| Daily Kos | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
| RCP | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |

### Results

North Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2020 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Kelly Armstrong (incumbent) | 245,229 | 68.96% | +8.76% |
| | Democratic–NPL | Zach Raknerud | 97,970 | 27.55% | −8.02% |
| | Libertarian | Steven Peterson | 12,024 | 3.38% | N/A |
| | n/a | Write-ins | 375 | 0.11% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 355,598 | 100.00% | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Cass (largest city: Fargo)
* Grand Forks (largest city: Grand Forks)
* Benson (Largest CDP: Fort Totten)
* Ransom (Largest city: Lisbon)
* Steele (Largest city: Finley)