2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

The 2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the U.S. Representative from the state's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. A primary election was held on June 12, 2012;[1] a candidate must receive at least 300 votes to appear on the general election ballot in November.[2]

2012 United States House of Representatives Election in North Dakota
November 6, 2012
 
Nominee Kevin Cramer Pam Gulleson
Party Republican Democratic-NPL
Popular vote 173,433 131,869
Percentage 54.9% 41.7%
County results
Cramer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Gulleson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Rick Berg
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Kevin Cramer
Republican

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Ballot measures
2004
Constitutional Measure 1

Rick Berg, a member of the Republican Party who was first elected to represent the at-large district in 2010, had announced that he would not seek re-election but would instead run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kent Conrad.[3] Republican Kevin Cramer won the open House seat.

Republican primary

The North Dakota Republican Party endorsed Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk at their state convention, though general election ballot access is determined by a statewide primary election held on June 12, 2012. In contrast to state political tradition, fellow Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer did not seek the party endorsement, instead attempting to defeat Kalk on the June primary ballot.

Declared
  • Kevin Cramer, Public Service Commissioner[4]
  • Brian Kalk, Public Service Commissioner and state party endorsed candidate[5]

Withdrew

Declined

Debate

The North Dakota Republican Party held a candidates' debate on December 14 at the campus of Valley City State University. All five GOP candidates declared at the time—Cramer, Goettle, Grande, Kalk, and Koppelman—participated.[16]

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Kevin
Cramer		 Brian
Kalk		 Undecided
Mason Dixon June 4–6, 2012 625 ± 4% 60% 21% 19%
Forum Communications Co. May 3–8, 2012 500 ± 4.3% 38% 25% 27%

Results
Republican primary results[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Cramer 54,405 54.4
Republican Brian Kalk 45,415 45.5
n/a Write-ins 113 0.1
Total votes 99,933 100.0

Democratic primary

Declared

Declined

Results
Democratic primary results[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-NPL Pam Gulleson 51,750 99.9
Democratic-NPL Write-in 74 0.1
Total votes 51,824 100.0

Libertarian nomination

The Libertarian Party of North Dakota has selected small business owner Eric Olson as their nominee at a state meeting.[21]

General election

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Kevin
Cramer (R)		 Pam
Gulleson (D)		 Eric
Olson (L)		 Undecided
Mason Dixon October 26–28, 2012 625 ± 4.0% 50% 40% 2% 8%
Forum/Essman October 12–15, 2012 500 ± 4% 52% 32% 1% 15%
Mason-Dixon October 3–5, 2012 625 ± 4% 49% 37% 2% 12%
Mason Dixon June 4–6, 2012 625 ± 4% 49% 35% 4% 12%
Forum Communications Co. May 3–8, 2012 500 ± 4.3% 61% 23% – 15%

Results
North Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2012[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kevin Cramer 173,585 54.89% +0.15%
Democratic-NPL Pam Gulleson 131,870 41.70% -3.23%
Libertarian Eric Olson 10,261 3.24% N/A
n/a Write-ins 508 0.16% -0.17%
Total votes '316,224' '100.0%' N/A
Republican hold

References
  1. "North Dakota election calendar" (PDF). Secretary of State. July 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. "North Dakota Century Code". Secretary of State. August 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  3. Toeplitz, Shira (May 16, 2011). "House Freshman Berg Will Run for Senate in North Dakota". Roll Call. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  4. Wetzel, Dale (November 3, 2011). "ND's Cramer uses Web video to open US House campaign; running for Congress for fourth time". The Republic. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  5. Trygstad, Kyle (May 20, 2011). "Kalk to Run for House Instead of Senate in North Dakota". Roll Call. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  6. Daum, Kristen M (November 29, 2011). "Goettle declares as 4th GOP contender in 2012 U.S. House race". Flickertales from The Hill. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  7. Daum, Kristen M (October 3, 2011). "Fargo legislator Bette Grande will announce U.S. House run Tuesday". Flickertales from The Hill. areavoices. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  8. Smith, Nick (January 12, 2012). "Hendrickson joins GOP race for U.S. House". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  9. Daum, Kristen M (December 5, 2011). "West Fargo legislator seeks GOP nod in packed U.S. House race". Flickertales from The Hill. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  10. Catanese, David (April 27, 2011). "Hoeven: Berg 'likely' to run". Politico. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  11. Toeplitz, Shira (May 3, 2011). "N.D. GOP Expecting Competitive House Race". Roll Call. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  12. Schneider, Mark (June 12, 2011). "North Dakota asks: Is anyone on the job?". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  13. Daum, Kristen M (October 13, 2011). "N.D. tax commissioner opts against congressional bid in 2012". Flickertales from The Hill. Archived from the original on December 18, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  14. Daum, Kristen M (November 2, 2011). "Grindberg not running for U.S. House in 2012". Flickertales from The Hill. areavoices. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
  15. Finneman, Teri (February 20, 2012). "Kelly Schmidt to seek third term as North Dakota treasurer". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  16. Daum, Kristen M (December 1, 2011). "NDGOP announces Dec. 14th debate for its U.S. House candidates". Flickertales from The Hill. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
  17. http://results.sos.nd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?text=Race&type=SW&map=CTY
  18. Daum, Kristen M (September 21, 2011). "Democrat Pam Gulleson running for North Dakota's U.S. House seat". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  19. Daum, Kristen M (September 28, 2011). "Former state legislator Vig declines U.S. House run". Flickertales from The Hill. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  20. "Federal Elections 2012". Utah Government Digital Library (pdf). Federal Election Commission. July 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  21. Ames, Richard (November 20, 2011). "Libertarians take a stand on measure #2" (Press release). Libertarian Party of North Dakota. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
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