# 2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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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.

## 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#### Withdrawn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

Executive Branch Officials
* Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)
U.S. Senators
* Kevin Cramer, U.S. Senator from North Dakota (2019–present) and former U.S. Representative from ND-AL (2013–2019)
Organizations
* Pro-Israel America
* North Dakota Republican Party

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John Hoeven (incumbent) | 59,529 | 77.8 |
| | Republican | Riley Kuntz | 16,400 | 21.4 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 557 | 0.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 76,486 | 100.0 |

## Democratic-NPL primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Katrina Christiansen, University of Jamestown engineering professor

#### Eliminated in primary

* Michael Steele, small business owner

### Endorsements

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* North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party

### Results

Democratic–NPL primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic–NPL | Katrina Christiansen | 17,187 | 76.8 |
| | Democratic–NPL | Michael Steele | 5,174 | 23.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 24 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 22,385 | 100.0 |

## Independent
### Candidates
#### Qualified

* Rick Becker, state representative

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| The Cook Political Report | Solid R | November 19, 2021 |
| Inside Elections | Solid R | July 1, 2022 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | August 2, 2022 |
| Politico | Solid R | April 1, 2022 |
| RCP | Safe R | January 10, 2022 |
| Fox News | Solid R | May 12, 2022 |
| DDHQ | Solid R | July 20, 2022 |
| 538 | Solid R | August 4, 2022 |
| The Economist | Safe R | September 7, 2022 |

### Post-primary endorsements

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* National Women's Political Caucus
* Vote Common Good

### Results

2022 United States Senate election in North Dakota :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | John Hoeven (incumbent) | 135,474 | 56.41% | −22.07% |
| | Democratic–NPL | Katrina Christiansen | 59,995 | 24.98% | +8.01% |
| | Independent | Rick Becker | 44,406 | 18.49% | N/A |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 265 | 0.11% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 240,140 | 100.0% | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Rolette (largest CDP: Belcourt)