Ballot Measures, June 10, 2014
North Dakota voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on June 10, 2014.
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| Measure 1 | Moves the filing deadline up for initiated petitions from 90 to 120 days before a statewide election | Passed (53.55% yes) |
General Election, November 4, 2014
North Dakota held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 72 legislative seats across 48 districts and 6 statewide offices. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- Republicans kept their trifecta and two-thirds majorities in both chambers, but voters rejected the Measure 1 right-to-life amendment by a wide margin and unseated its chief sponsor, Sen. Margaret Sitte (R).
- Democrats' only Senate gain came in Bismarck, where Erin Oban (D) unseated Sitte by about 14 points in Senate District 35, trimming the Republican majority to 32-15. In the House, the parties traded seats, leaving the chamber at 71-23:
- Republicans swept the statewide races. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring (R) beat Ryan Taylor (D), a former state senator, by about 14 points. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (R) won by about 48 points and Secretary of State Alvin Jaeger (R) by about 30.
- Of the 8 measures on the November ballot, voters approved only Measure 2, barring taxes on property transfers. Measure 5, which would have dedicated 5 percent of oil and gas extraction taxes to conservation for 25 years, drew only about a fifth of the vote despite more than $4.2 million from conservation groups. Voters also turned down a full-time higher education commission (Measure 3), a rewrite of initiative and referral rules (Measure 4), a parental custody presumption (Measure 6), a change to pharmacy ownership rules (Measure 7), and a post-Labor Day school start (Measure 8).
Legislature
- House (94 seats): 23 D, 71 R before the election, 23 D, 71 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
- Senate (47 seats): 14 D, 33 R before the election, 15 D, 32 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Statewide races
Legislative races
| Race | Winner | Others | Notes |
|---|
| House 1 | Gary Sukut (R) 40.17%, Patrick Hatlestad (R) 37.77% | Joseph E Adducci (D) 22.06% | |
| House 3 | Andrew Maragos (R) 34.57%, Roscoe Streyle (R) 30.28% | Cindy Wilhelm (D) 17.92%, Lee A Snyder (D) 17.23% | |
| House 5 | Scott Louser (R) 36.81%, Roger Brabandt (R) 31.11% | Judy Vendsel (D) 16.49%, Heidi Elise Rintoul (D) 15.59% | |
| House 7 | Jason Dockter (R) 50.3%, Rick Becker (R) 49.7% | Unopposed | |
| House 9 | Tracy Boe (D) 58.47%, Marvin Nelson (D) 41.53% | Unopposed | |
| House 11 | Kris Wallman (D) 51.91%, Ron Guggisberg (D) 48.09% | Unopposed | |
| House 13 | Kim Koppelman (R) 32.79%, Christopher Olson (R) 26.4% | Scott Brand (D) 22.58%, Jaci Stofferahn (D) 18.23% | |
| House 15 | Dennis Johnson (R) 51.42%, Curt Hofstad (R) 48.58% | Unopposed | |
| House 17 | Mark Sanford (R) 43.69%, Mark Owens (R) 34.19% | Edward D Grossbauer (D) 22.12% | |
| House 19 | Gary Paur (R) 38.36%, Wayne Trottier (R) 38.18% | Carol Gierszewski (D) 23.46% | |
| House 21 | Mary Schneider (D) 29.65%, Kathy Hogan (D) 27.89% | Robert Lauf (R) 21.48%, Lucas Paper (R) 20.98% | |
| House 23 | Don Vigesaa (R) 30.64%, William Devlin (R) 27.32% | Ben Vig (D) 22.34%, Austin Langley (D) 19.69% | |
| House 25 | Cindy Beck (R) 35.41%, Alisa Mitskog (D) 25.48% | Bruce Eckre (R) 22.95%, Richard W Grosz (D) 16.16% | |
| House 27 | Randy Boehning (R) 30.74%, Thomas Beadle (R) 28.46% | Jess Roscoe (D) 21.2%, Logan Heinrich (D) 19.6% | |
| House 29 | Chet Pollert (R) 32.5%, Craig Headland (R) 29.7% | Lori Carlson (D) 19.56%, Charles Linderman (D) 18.24% | |
| House 31 | Karen Rohr (R) 34.44%, Jim Schmidt (R) 33.27% | Mike Faith (D) 16.85%, LaDonna Allard (D) 15.45% | |
| House 33 | Jay R Seibel (R) 53.12%, Gary Kreidt (R) 46.88% | Unopposed | |
| House 35 | Bob Martinson (R) 31.04%, Karen Karls (R) 27.18% | Tracy Potter (D) 24.79%, Darrell Miller (D) 16.98% | |
| House 37 | Mike Lefor (R) 43.87%, Vicky Steiner (R) 41.3% | Mandy Kubik (D) 14.83% | |
| House 39 | Keith Kempenich (R) 40.3%, Denton Zubke (R) 37.08% | Maddison Voigt (D) 12.13%, Greg Tank (D) 10.49% | |
| House 41 | Pamela Anderson (D) 27.24%, Al Carlson (R) 26.73% | Bette Grande (R) 24.22%, Sheila Christensen (D) 21.81% | Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated |
| House 43 | Lois Delmore (D) 27.16%, Rich S. Becker (R) 25.43% | Shelby Wood (R) 24.14%, Kyle Thorson (D) 23.27% | |
| House 45 | Tom Kading (R) 27.53%, Mary Johnson (R) 27.31% | Ed Gruchalla (D) 24.36%, Brenda K Warren (D) 20.8% | Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated |
| House 47 | George Keiser (R) 52.07%, Larry Klemin (R) 47.93% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 1 | Brad Bekkedahl (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 3 | Oley Larsen (R) 56.48% | Lisa Wolf (D) 43.52% | |
| Senate 5 | Randy Burckhard (R) 72.77% | Bill Klimpel (D) 27.23% | |
| Senate 7 | Nicole Poolman (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 9 | Richard Marcellais (D) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 11 | Tim Mathern (D) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 13 | Judy Lee (R) 68.05% | Landis L Larson (D) 31.95% | |
| Senate 15 | Dave Oehlke (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 17 | Ray Holmberg (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 19 | Tom Campbell (R) 64.93% | Robert 'Tork' Kilichowski (D) 35.07% | |
| Senate 21 | Carolyn C Nelson (D) 57.86% | Cindy Pfeiffer (R) 42.14% | |
| Senate 23 | Joan Heckaman (D) 56.16% | John Jacobson (R) 43.84% | |
| Senate 25 | Larry Luick (R) 51.56% | Perry Miller (D) 48.44% | |
| Senate 27 | Jon Casper (R) 59.04% | Warren Solberg (D) 40.96% | |
| Senate 29 | Terry Wanzek (R) 60.87% | Jeff Piehl (D) 39.13% | |
| Senate 31 | Don Schaible (R) 67.62% | Kristen Vesledahl (D) 32.38% | |
| Senate 33 | Jessica Unruh-Bell (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 35 | Erin Oban (D) 56.81% | Margaret Sitte (R) 43.19% | Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated |
| Senate 37 | Rich Wardner (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 39 | Bill Bowman (R) 74.18% | Stephanie L Pretzer (D) 25.82% | |
| Senate 41 | Kyle Davison (R) 53.73% | Evelyn Quigley (D) 46.27% | |
| Senate 43 | Lonnie Laffen (R) 53.31% | JoNell Bakke (D) 46.69% | |
| Senate 45 | Ron Sorvaag (R) 56.42% | Mike Deutsch (D) 43.58% | |
| Senate 47 | Ralph Kilzer (R) 67.23% | Bradley Bergstad (D) 32.77% | |
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| Measure 1 | Declares in the state constitution that life begins at conception | Failed (35.87% yes) |
| Measure 2 | Prevents the state from imposing mortgage, sales or transfer taxes on the mortgage or transfer of real property | Passed (75.69% yes) |
| Measure 3 | Abolishes elected State Board of Higher Education and replaces it with appointed Commission of Higher Education | Failed (25.05% yes) |
| Measure 4 | Requires measures that have significant fiscal impacts on the state to be voted on at a general election | Failed (43.41% yes) |
| Measure 5 | Redirects some of the state's oil tax revenues to conservation efforts | Failed (20.62% yes) |
| Measure 6 | Creates a legal presumption that each parent is a fit parent and entitled to be awarded equal parental rights by a court | Failed (37.91% yes) |
| Measure 7 | Removes requirement that majority ownership in a pharmacy be held by a registered pharmacist | Failed (41.03% yes) |
| Measure 8 | Mandates that school classes begin after Labor Day | Failed (44.43% yes) |