North Dakota Republicans won every statewide partisan election on November 3, while Democrats made limited gains in legislative districts around Grand Forks and Fargo.
Republican Rep. Julie Fedorchak defeated Democratic-NPL challenger Trygve Hammer in the at-large U.S. House race. Attorney General Drew Wrigley, Secretary of State Michael Howe and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring won reelection. Republicans also held the Public Service Commission seats and the tax commissioner’s office; Levi Bachmeier won the nonpartisan superintendent of public instruction race.
Rep. Julie Fedorchak won another term in North Dakota’s at-large U.S. House district with approximately 134,477 votes, or 57.3%. Democratic-NPL challenger Trygve Hammer received about 85,892 votes, or 36.6%, with independent candidates sharing the remainder.
Neither the governor’s office nor a U.S. Senate seat was on the ballot. Republicans won the statewide executive races, including Attorney General Drew Wrigley, Secretary of State Michael Howe and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring.
Republican Brian Kroshus won the tax commissioner contest. Public Service Commissioners Jill Kringstad and Sheri Haugen-Hoffart also won, while Levi Bachmeier prevailed in the nonpartisan superintendent of public instruction race.
The GOP preserved legislative supermajorities. The Senate moved from roughly 42–5 to 41–6 Republican after Democrat Mary Adams defeated Sen. Jeff Barta in a Grand Forks district.
Democrats gained House seats around Grand Forks, including contests in Districts 42 and 43, and had mixed results in Fargo-area districts. Their advances were insufficient to threaten Republican control of the 94-member House.
Constitutional Measure 1, which would have raised the threshold for approving future constitutional amendments to 60%, failed, with about 56% opposing it. Opponents said a higher standard would constrain the public’s ability to amend the constitution.
Constitutional Measure 2, requiring public schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to all K–12 students, narrowly failed with roughly 51% voting against it. The issue remains available for legislative debate.
Approximately 239,000 ballots were cast, representing nearly 40% turnout and the state’s lowest general-election participation in decades. Secretary of State Howe expressed concern about the figure and encouraged more civic involvement.
Republicans therefore enter the 2027 session with nearly all statewide authority unchanged, while a modestly larger Democratic caucus prepares to advocate for urban districts and school-related priorities.
Republicans retained substantial majorities in both legislative chambers. Voters rejected Constitutional Measure 1, which proposed a 60% approval threshold for constitutional amendments, and narrowly defeated Measure 2, which would have required free breakfast and lunch for public school students. Turnout was approximately 40%, among the state’s lowest in decades.