The 2022 North Dakota Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. 32 of the seats in the North Dakota State Senate were up for election. Primary elections were held on June 14, 2022. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in North Dakota, including the US Senate, US House, North Dakota Secretary of State, North Dakota Attorney General, and the North Dakota House of Representatives.

Following the 2022 elections, Republicans expanded their supermajority by three seats, giving them a 43-to-4 member advantage over Democrats.

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 23: Joan Heckaman retired.

Republicans

1. District 3: Oley Larsen retired.
2. District 7: Nicole Poolman retired.
3. District 8: Howard Anderson retired.
4. District 26: Jason Heitkamp retired to run for state representative.
5. District 37: Rich Wardner retired.

Predictions

Defeated incumbents

Primary election

1. District 15: Republican incumbent Dave Oehlke was defeated in the Republican primary election by Judy Estenson.
2. District 20: Republican incumbent Robert Fors was defeated in the Republican primary election by fellow Republican incumbent Randy Lemm. Both incumbents had been redrawn into the same district following redistricting.
3. District 33: Republican incumbent Jessica Unruh-Bell was defeated in the Republican primary election by Keith Boehm.

General election

1. District 9: Democratic incumbent Richard Marcellais was defeated in the general election by Republican Kent Weston.
2. District 35: Democratic incumbent Tracy Potter was defeated in the general election by Republican Sean Cleary.
3. District 43: Democratic incumbent JoNell Bakke was defeated in the general election by Republican Jeff Barta.

Summary of results by State Senate district

• Districts not listed were not up for election in 2022.

Primary election results source:

General election results source:

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Detailed results

Primary election results source:

General election results source:<

• Note: If a primary election is not listed, then there was not a competitive primary in that district (i.e., only one candidate filed to run).

District 1

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District 3

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District 5

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District 6

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District 7

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District 8

Republican primary

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District 9

Democratic primary

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District 10

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District 11

General election

District 13

General election

District 15

Republican primary

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District 17

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District 19

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District 20

Republican primary

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District 21

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District 23

General election

District 25

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District 26

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District 27

General election

District 28

Republican primary

General election

District 29

General election

District 31

General election

District 33

Republican primary

General election

District 35

Republican primary

General election

District 36

General election

District 37

General election

District 39

Republican primary

General election

District 41

General election

District 43

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District 44

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District 45

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District 47

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References

Articles connexes

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2. 2012 United States Senate election in North Dakota
3. 2024 United States Senate election in North Dakota
4. North Dakota Senate
5. 2018 United States Senate election in North Dakota
6. 2024 North Dakota Senate election
7. 2020 North Dakota Senate election
8. 2022 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
9. 2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota
10. 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial election
11. 2010 United States Senate election in North Dakota
12. 2016 United States Senate election in North Dakota
13. 2022 North Dakota House of Representatives election
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15. 2004 United States Senate election in North Dakota
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