2020 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. Representative from North Dakota's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

2020 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota's at-large district
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Kelly Armstrong Zach Raknerud
Party Republican Democratic-NPL
Popular vote 245,229 97,970
Percentage 69.0% 27.6%
County results
Armstrong:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Raknerud:      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Kelly Armstrong
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Kelly Armstrong
Republican

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Ballot measures
2004
Constitutional Measure 1

The incumbent is Republican Kelly Armstrong, who was elected with 60.2% of the vote in 2018.[1]

Republican primary

Declared

Primary results
Republican primary results [2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kelly Armstrong (incumbent) 99,582 99.54%
Republican Write-In 461 0.46%
Total votes 100,043 100.0%

Democratic-NPL primary

Declared

Endorsements
Zach Raknerud
Labor Unions
Organizations

Primary results
Democratic primary results [2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic-NPL Zach Raknerud 21,394 62.03%
Democratic-NPL Roland Riemers 12,747 36.96%
Democratic-NPL Write-In 346 1.00%
Total votes 34,487 100.0%

Libertarian primary

Declared
  • Steven Peterson[8]

Primary results
Libertarian primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Steven Peterson 729 78.47%
Libertarian Write-In 200 22.36%
Total votes 929 100.0%

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[9] Safe R July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[10] Safe R June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe R July 2, 2020
Politico[12] Safe R April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[13] Safe R June 3, 2020
RCP[14] Safe R June 9, 2020
Niskanen[15] Safe R June 7, 2020

Results
North Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2020[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kelly Armstrong (incumbent) 245,229 68.96% +8.76%
Democratic-NPL Zach Raknerud 97,970 27.55% -8.02%
Libertarian Steven Peterson 12,024 3.38% N/A
n/a Write-ins 375 0.11% N/A
Total votes 355,598 100.0%
Republican hold

References
  1. Wasserman, David; Flinn, Ally (November 7, 2018). "2018 House Popular Vote Tracker". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  2. "Statewide Results". North Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. Dura, Jack (January 27, 2020). "Candidates Emerge in North Dakota's 2020 U.S. House Race". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. Notermann, Jacob (June 1, 2020). "Dem primary heating up". KFYR.
  5. "Labor Endorsed Candidates for November 2020". North Dakota AFL-CIO. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  6. "North Dakota Democrats Endorse 2020 State, Congressional Candidates". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  7. "2020 Endorsed House Candidates". DUH! Demand Universal Healthcare. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  8. "Candidate for Congress Steven Peterson ~ Easing the Need for Foster Care". Prairie Public News. August 12, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  9. "2020 Senate Race Ratings for April 19, 2019". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  10. "2020 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  11. "2020 Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  12. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  13. "Daily Kos Elections releases initial Senate race ratings for 2020". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  14. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  15. "2020 Negative Partisanship and the 2020 Congressional Elections". Niskanen Center. April 28, 2020.
  16. "OFFICIAL (WITHOUT RECOUNTS) 2020 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS: Representative in Congress". North Dakota Election Officials. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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