Ballot Measures, June 11, 2024
North Dakota voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on June 11, 2024.
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| Initiated Measure 1 | Set an age limit for election or appointment to the U.S. Congress. This citizen-initiated measure was placed on the North Dakota 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 61.0% voting yes. | Passed (61% yes) |
General Election, November 5, 2024
North Dakota held its general election on November 5, 2024, deciding 71 legislative seats across 47 districts and 7 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R) won the open governorship with 68 percent, a race the Associated Press called at 8 p.m. Central. Republicans kept their supermajorities, 42-5 in the Senate after Democrats won the court-ordered District 9 seat in a special election held the same day, and 83-11 in the House, a net gain of one House seat.
- Voters rejected the two initiatives that drew national attention: Measure 4, which would have abolished property taxes and left the Legislature to make up the difference, failed 63-37, and Measure 5 on recreational marijuana lost 53-47. The closest question was Measure 3, limiting withdrawals from the Legacy Fund, the state's oil-and-gas savings fund, which trailed by about 600 votes early in the count and passed with about 52 percent. Measure 1 modernized the constitution's language about state institutions, and Measure 2, tightening the initiative process, failed.
- The one House incumbent defeat was in Fargo's House District 10, where Jared Hendrix (R) finished ahead of Rep. Hamida Dakane (D) for the second of the district's two House seats. In Grand Forks' House District 18, Nels Christianson (R) won the seat Rep. Corey Mock (D) did not seek again, and Rep. Steve Vetter (R) kept the district's other seat; Christianson's 58-vote margin over Mary Adams (D) was the second-closest House result in the state. Democrats' one gain came in House District 9, the court-ordered district covering the Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake reservations: Richard Marcellais (D) beat Sen. Judy Estenson (R), the sitting District 15 senator drawn into the new district, in the same-day Senate special, and Jayme Davis (D) and Collette Brown (D) won both House seats, Brown by 36 votes, the closest House result in the state.
- Down the statewide ballot, Michelle Strinden (R) was elected lieutenant governor on Armstrong's ticket, Superintendent Kirsten Baesler won a fourth term in the nonpartisan race with 57 percent, and Auditor Josh Gallion (R), Treasurer Thomas Beadle (R), and Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread (R) were reelected, the last two without opposition.
- Across the 47 legislative races, 1 finished inside two points beyond the Fargo defeat, and 9 districts drew no more candidates than seats.
Legislature
- House (94 seats): 12 D, 82 R before the election, 11 D, 83 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
- Senate (47 seats): 4 D, 43 R before the election, 5 D, 42 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Statewide races
Legislative races
| Race | Winner | Others | Notes |
|---|
| House 2 | Donald Longmuir (R) 42%, Bert Anderson (R) 41.1% | Betty Dhuyvetter (D) 8.4%, Gene Nygaard (D) 7.8% | |
| House 6 | Dick Anderson (R) 49.7%, Dan Vollmer (R) 48.5% | Unopposed | |
| House 8 | Mike Berg (R) 54.8%, SuAnn Olson (R) 44% | Unopposed | |
| House 9 | Jayme Davis (D) 32.18%, Collette Brown (D) 24.43% | David Brien (R) 24.05%, Robert Graywater (R) 19.29% | Flipped R to D |
| House 10 | Steve Swiontek (R) 34.3%, Jared Hendrix (R) 33.5% | Hamida Dakane (D) 31.5% | Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated |
| House 12 | Mitch Ostlie (R) 49.6%, Bernie Satrom (R) 49.4% | Unopposed | |
| House 14 | Jon Nelson (R) 39.2%, Robin Weisz (R) 39.2% | Cathy Jelsing (D) 10.8%, Jessica Hawkes (D) 10% | |
| House 15 | Kathy Frelich (R) 56.23%, Donna Henderson (R) 42.86% | Unopposed | |
| House 16 | Ben Koppelman (R) 32.5%, Andrew Marschall (R) 26.9% | Julie West (D) 22.4%, Phillip Weiss (D) 18% | |
| House 18 | Steve Vetter (R) 29.7%, Nels Christianson (R) 24.3% | Mary Adams (D) 23.8%, Scott Nelson (D) 22% | Flipped D to R |
| House 20 | Mike Beltz (R) 52.8%, Jared Hagert (R) 46% | Unopposed | |
| House 22 | Brandy Pyle (R) 43.1%, Jonathan Warrey (R) 38.5% | Darrell Hansen (D) 17.7% | |
| House 24 | Dwight Kiefert (R) 33%, Dan Johnston (R) 29% | Nancy Farnham (D) 19.5%, Shawn Olauson (D) 18.4% | |
| House 26 | Jeremy J. Olson (R) 53%, Roger Maki (R) 45.9% | Unopposed | |
| House 28 | Mike Brandenburg (R) 38.9%, Jim Grueneich (R) 36.2% | Mary Schlosser (D) 13.3%, Sara Dux (D) 11.5% | |
| House 30 | Glenn Bosch (R) 51.5%, Mike Nathe (R) 46.5% | Unopposed | |
| House 32 | Lisa Meier (R) 39.3%, Pat Heinert (R) 39.3% | Shari Orser (D) 20.6% | |
| House 34 | Todd Porter (R) 51.58%, Nathan Toman (R) 47.23% | Unopposed | |
| House 36 | Ty Dressler (R) 53.8%, Dori Hauck (R) 45.6% | Unopposed | |
| House 38 | Dan Ruby (R) 42.9%, Christina Wolff (R) 42.1% | Lisa Hermosillo (D) 14.7% | |
| House 40 | Matt Ruby (R) 42.2%, Macy Bolinske (R) 38.4% | Alexandra Deufel (D) 18.9% | |
| House 42 | Doug Osowski (R) 31.4%, Emily O'Brien (R) 28.7% | Sarah Grossbauer (D) 20%, Carol Hagen (D) 19.7% | |
| House 44 | Karla Rose Hanson (D) 51.2%, Austin Foss (D) 45.2% | Unopposed | |
| House 46 | Jim Kasper (R) 27%, Desiree Morton (R) 26% | Todd Reisenauer (D) 23.6%, Will Thompson (D) 23.1% | |
| Senate 2 | Mark Enget (R) 84.9% | Rosemary Tanberg (D) 14.8% | |
| Senate 4 | Chuck Walen (R) 96.6% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 6 | Paul Thomas (R) 82.1% | Robert Tolar (D) 17.2% | |
| Senate 8 | Jeff Magrum (R) 97.7% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 10 | Ryan Braunberger (D) 50.8% | George Roughead (R) 49% | |
| Senate 12 | Cole Conley (R) 66.8% | Olivia Schloegel (D) 33% | |
| Senate 14 | Jerry Klein (R) 78.7% | Marvin Nelson (D) 20.6% | |
| Senate 16 | David Clemens (R) 61.5% | Heather Tyulyandin (D) 38.3% | |
| Senate 18 | Scott Meyer (R) 53.9% | Kyle Thorson (D) 45.9% | |
| Senate 20 | Randy Lemm (R) 70.9% | John Pederson (D) 28.9% | |
| Senate 22 | Mark Weber (R) 97.6% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 24 | Mike Wobbema (R) 64.9% | Knut Gjovik (D) 35% | |
| Senate 26 | Dale Patten (R) 98.9% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 28 | Robert Erbele (R) 74.5% | Richard Schlosser (D) 25.3% | |
| Senate 30 | Diane Larson (R) 73.5% | Matthew Zimny (D) 25.9% | |
| Senate 32 | Dick Dever (R) 96.6% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 34 | Justin Gerhardt (R) 73.6% | Joseph Johnson (D) 26.1% | |
| Senate 36 | Desiree Van Oosting (R) 99.1% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 38 | David Hogue (R) 97.8% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 40 | Jose Castaneda (R) 97.3% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 42 | Claire Cory (R) 60.6% | Rodney Gigstad (D) 39.1% | |
| Senate 44 | Josh Boschee (D) 94.6% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 46 | Michelle Powers (R) 54.5% | Jessica Arneson (D) 45.3% | |
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| Constitutional Measure 1 | Update language used in the state constitution to describe certain state institutions such as changing "insane" to "individuals with mental illness", "feebleminded" to "individuals with developmental disabilities", and "deaf and dumb" to "deaf and hard of hearing". This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the North Dakota 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 84.0% voting yes. | Passed (84% yes) |
| Constitutional Measure 2 | Establish a single-subject rule for initiatives; increase the signature requirement for constitutional initiatives; and require constitutional initiatives to be approved at two elections. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the North Dakota 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 44.0% voting yes. | Failed (44% yes) |
| Constitutional Measure 3 | Change requirements for transfers from the state legacy fund, a fund that receives 30% of tax revenue from oil and gas production. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the North Dakota 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 52.0% voting yes. | Passed (52% yes) |
| Initiated Measure 4 | Prohibit the state and local governments from levying taxes on the assessed value of any real or personal property except for those designed to pay for bonded indebtedness. This citizen-initiated measure was placed on the North Dakota 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 37.0% voting yes. | Failed (37% yes) |
| Initiated Measure 5 | Legalize the recreational or personal use of marijuana. This citizen-initiated measure was placed on the North Dakota 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 47.0% voting yes. | Failed (47% yes) |