# North Dakota Republican Party

The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party.
Its platform is conservative. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling North Dakota's at-large U.S. House seat, both U.S. Senate seats and the governorship, and it has supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.

## History

The state Republican Party has always been a major force in state politics, in many cases having a dominant position. Founded in 1889, the Party initially dominated all state politics for the state's first 20 years of existence, with the exception of a brief period from 1893 to 1894 in which the North Dakota Democratic-Independent Party briefly overthrew the Republican Party.
In the early 20th century, the Party was effectively divided into two groups that nominated candidates on the Republican ticket, the progressive Non-Partisan League (NPL) and the conservative Independent Voters Association (IVA). This period ended when the NPL merged with the state Democratic Party, and the IVA effectively became known as the Republican Party.
The Party holds its convention in the spring of election years, usually rotating the convention between four of the state's largest cities: Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Minot.

### Notable figures

* Doug Burgum - United States Secretary of the Interior and candidate for president in 2024
* Thomas S. Kleppe - former United States Secretary of the Interior
* Milton Young - United States Senator who served as President pro tempore for a day
* Ed Schafer - former Governor of North Dakota and former United States Secretary of Agriculture

## Current elected officials

The North Dakota Republican Party controls all twelve of the statewide offices and holds supermajorities in both the North Dakota Senate and the North Dakota House of Representatives. Republicans also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and the state's at-large congressional district.

### Members of Congress
#### U.S. Senate

* Senior U.S. Senator John Hoeven
* Junior U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer

#### U.S. House of Representatives

| District | Member | Photo |
| At-large | Julie Fedorchak | |

### Statewide offices

* Governor Kelly Armstrong
* Secretary of State Michael Howe
* Attorney General Drew Wrigley
* Lieutenant Governor: Michelle Strinden
* Insurance Commissioner: Jon Godfread
* Tax Commissioner: Brian Kroshus
* Auditor: Josh Gallion
* North Dakota State Treasurer: Thomas Beadle
* North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner: Doug Goehring
* Public Service Commissioners: Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, Jill Kringstad, Randy Christmann

### Legislative

* President Pro Tempore of the Senate: Brad Bekkedahl
** Senate Majority Leader: David Hogue
* Speaker of the House: Robin Weisz
** House Majority Leader: Mike Lefor

## Election results
### Presidential

North Dakota Republican Party presidential election results :
| Election | Presidential ticket | Votes | Vote % | Electoral votes | Result |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison/Whitelaw Reid | 17,519 | 48.50% | 1 / 3 | Lost |
| 1896 | William McKinley/Garret Hobart | 26,335 | 55.57% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 1900 | William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt | 35,898 | 62.12% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks | 52,595 | 75.12% | 4 / 4 | Won |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft/James S. Sherman | 57,680 | 61.02% | 4 / 4 | Won |
| 1912 | William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler | 23,090 | 26.67% | 0 / 5 | Lost |
| 1916 | Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks | 53,471 | 46.34% | 0 / 5 | Lost |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge | 160,072 | 77.97% | 5 / 5 | Won |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes | 94,931 | 47.68% | 5 / 5 | Won |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis | 131,441 | 54.80% | 5 / 5 | Won |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis | 71,772 | 28.00% | 0 / 4 | Lost |
| 1936 | Alf Landon/Frank Knox | 72,751 | 26.58% | 0 / 4 | Lost |
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary | 154,590 | 55.06% | 4 / 4 | Lost |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker | 118,535 | 53.84% | 4 / 4 | Lost |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren | 115,139 | 52.17% | 4 / 4 | Lost |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon | 191,712 | 70.97% | 4 / 4 | Won |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon | 156,766 | 61.72% | 4 / 4 | Won |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 154,310 | 55.42% | 4 / 4 | Lost |
| 1964 | Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller | 108,207 | 41.88% | 0 / 4 | Lost |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew | 138,669 | 55.94% | 4 / 4 | Won |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew | 174,109 | 62.07% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford/Bob Dole | 152,470 | 51.66% | 3 / 3 | Lost |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush | 193,695 | 64.23% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush | 200,336 | 64.84% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle | 166,559 | 56.03% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle | 136,244 | 44.22% | 3 / 3 | Lost |
| 1996 | Bob Dole/Jack Kemp | 125,050 | 46.94% | 3 / 3 | Lost |
| 2000 | George W. Bush/Dick Cheney | 174,852 | 60.7% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 2004 | George W. Bush/Dick Cheney | 196,651 | 62.86% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 2008 | John McCain/Sarah Palin | 168,887 | 53.15% | 3 / 3 | Lost |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan | 188,320 | 58.32% | 3 / 3 | Lost |
| 2016 | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 216,794 | 62.96% | 3 / 3 | Won |
| 2020 | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 235,595 | 65.11% | 3 / 3 | Lost |
| 2024 | Donald Trump/JD Vance | 246,505 | 66.96% | 3 / 3 | Won |

### Gubernatorial

North Dakota Republican Party gubernatorial election results :
| Election | Gubernatorial candidate/ticket | Votes | Vote % | Result |
| 1889 | John Miller | 25,365 | 66.58% | Won Y |
| 1890 | Andrew H. Burke | 19,053 | 52.23% | Won Y |
| 1892 | Andrew H. Burke | 17,236 | 47.57% | Lost N |
| 1894 | Roger Allin | 23,723 | 55.76% | Won Y |
| 1896 | Frank A. Briggs | 25,918 | 55.61% | Won Y |
| 1898 | Frederick B. Fancher | 28,308 | 59.22% | Won Y |
| 1900 | Frank White | 34,052 | 59.20% | Won Y |
| 1902 | Frank White | 31,613 | 62.68% | Won Y |
| 1904 | Elmore Y. Sarles | 48,026 | 70.71% | Won Y |
| 1906 | Elmore Y. Sarles | 29,309 | 45.29% | Lost N |
| 1908 | C. A. Johnson | 46,849 | 48.43% | Lost N |
| 1910 | C. A. Johnson | 44,555 | 47.36% | Lost N |
| 1912 | L. B. Hanna | 39,811 | 45.45% | Won Y |
| 1914 | L. B. Hanna | 44,279 | 49.58% | Won Y |
| 1916 | Lynn Frazier | 87,665 | 79.24% | Won Y |
| 1918 | Lynn Frazier | 54,517 | 59.75% | Won Y |
| 1920 | Lynn Frazier | 117,118 | 51.01% | Won Y |
| 1921 (recall) | Ragnvald Nestos | 111,425 | 50.94% | Won Y |
| 1922 | Ragnvald Nestos | 110,321 | 57.65% | Won Y |
| 1924 | Arthur G. Sorlie | 101,170 | 53.93% | Won Y |
| 1926 | Arthur G. Sorlie | 131,003 | 81.74% | Won Y |
| 1928 | George F. Shafer | 131,193 | 56.50% | Won Y |
| 1930 | George F. Shafer | 133,264 | 73.62% | Won Y |
| 1932 | William Langer | 134,231 | 54.75% | Won Y |
| 1934 | Lydia Cady Langer | 127,954 | 46.61% | Lost N |
| 1936 | Walter Welford | 95,697 | 34.70% | Lost N |
| 1938 | John N. Hagan | 125,246 | 47.53% | Lost N |
| 1940 | Jack A. Patterson | 101,287 | 36.89% | Lost N |
| 1942 | Oscar W. Hagen | 74,577 | 42.38% | Lost N |
| 1944 | Fred G. Aandahl | 107,863 | 52.02% | Won Y |
| 1946 | Fred G. Aandahl | 116,672 | 68.88% | Won Y |
| 1948 | Fred G. Aandahl | 131,764 | 61.33% | Won Y |
| 1950 | Norman Brunsdale | 121,822 | 66.29% | Won Y |
| 1952 | Norman Brunsdale | 199,944 | 78.74% | Won Y |
| 1954 | Norman Brunsdale | 124,253 | 64.21% | Won Y |
| 1956 | John E. Davis | 147,566 | 58.46% | Won Y |
| 1958 | John E. Davis | 111,836 | 53.10% | Won Y |
| 1960 | Clarence P. Dahl | 122,486 | 44.48% | Lost N |
| 1962 | Mark Andrews | 113,251 | 49.56% | Lost N |
| 1964 | Donald M. Halcrow | 116,247 | 44.26% | Lost N |
| 1968 | Robert P. McCarney | 108,382 | 43.70% | Lost N |
| 1972 | Richard F. Larsen | 138,032 | 48.96% | Lost N |
| 1976 | Richard Elkin/Ernest G. Pyle | 138,321 | 46.53% | Lost N |
| 1980 | Allen I. Olson/Ernest Sands | 162,230 | 53.61% | Won Y |
| 1984 | Allen I. Olson/Ernest Sands | 140,460 | 44.68% | Lost N |
| 1988 | Leon Mallberg/Donna Nalewaja | 119,986 | 40.12% | Lost N |
| 1992 | Ed Schafer/Rosemarie Myrdal | 176,398 | 57.86% | Won Y |
| 1996 | Ed Schafer/Rosemarie Myrdal | 174,937 | 66.19% | Won Y |
| 2000 | John Hoeven/Jack Dalrymple | 159,255 | 55.03% | Won Y |
| 2004 | John Hoeven/Jack Dalrymple | 220,803 | 71.26% | Won Y |
| 2008 | John Hoeven/Jack Dalrymple | 235,009 | 74.44% | Won Y |
| 2012 | Jack Dalrymple/Drew Wrigley | 200,525 | 63.10% | Won Y |
| 2016 | Doug Burgum/Brent Sanford | 259,863 | 76.52% | Won Y |
| 2020 | Doug Burgum/Brent Sanford | 235,479 | 65.84% | Won Y |
| 2024 | Kelly Armstrong/Michelle Strinden | 247,056 | 68.26% | Won Y |