2024 North Dakota Senate election

2024 North Dakota Senate election
24 of North Dakota's 47 Senate seats in the North Dakota Senate.
	; Democratic–NPL incumbent Democratic–NPL term-limited or retiring; Republican incumbent Republican term-limited or retiring; No election
Incumbent President pro tempore; Donald Schaible; Republican	; ;

The 2024 North Dakota Senate election will take place on November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections.^[1] Senators serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered such that half the senate districts have elections every two years (even-numbered seats are up on presidential election years.)

In the 2022 North Dakota elections, a ballot measure created term limits of eight years in the North Dakota Senate, which was put into effect starting January 2023.^[2] However, no candidate up for election will be affected by the term limits.^[3]

In January of 2024, Federal District Court Judge Peter Welte required North Dakota to substantially alter Legislative District 9 in response to a lawsuit by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe. The tribes alleged that the House of Representatives districts established by the North Dakota legislature violated the voting rights act by preventing members of the Spirit Lake Tribe from electing a candidate of their choice to the legislature. The court-ordered new District 9, which the Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake tribes had proposed, includes both the Turtle Mountain and Spirit Lake reservations. ^[4]

Partisan Background

In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump won the most votes in 41 of North Dakota's State Senate districts and Democrat Joe Biden won 6. Out of the 24 districts with elections in 2024, Donald Trump won the most votes in 20 districts and Joe Biden won the most votes in 4. There are 2 Biden-won districts which Republicans represented going into the 2024 North Dakota Senate election: District 9 ( Biden + 21%) and Fargo-based District 46 ( Biden + 0.2%).

Retirements

Democrats

District 44: Merrill Piepkorn is retiring to run for Governor.^[5]

Republicans

District 2: David Rust is retiring.^[6]
District 4: Jordan Kannianen is retiring.^[6]
District 6: Shawn Vedaa is retiring.^[7]
District 36: Jay Elkin is retiring.^[8]
District 40: Karen Krebsbach is retiring.^[9]
District 42: Curt Kreun is retiring.^[10]
District 46: Jim Roers is retiring.^[11]

District Races

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	General election	Primary election candidates
2	David Rust	Republican	2014	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌David Rust (inc.)
4	Jordan Kannianen	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Jordan Kannianen (inc.)
6	Shawn Vedaa	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Shawn Vedaa (inc.) Others: ▌Robert Tolar
8	Jeffery Magrum	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Jeffery Magrum (inc.)
9^[a]	Kent Weston (redistricted)	Republican	2022	TBD	TBD	Democratic-NPL: ▌Richard Marcellais Republican: ▌Judy Estenson (inc.)
10	Ryan Braunberger	Democratic-NPL	2022	TBD	TBD	Democratic-NPL: ▌Ryan Braunberger (inc.) Republican: ▌Curtis Olafson
12	Cole Conley	Republican	2020	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Cole Conley (inc.)
14	Jerry Klein	Republican	1996	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Jerry Klein (inc.)
15^[a]	Judy Estenson (redistricted)	Republican	2022	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Kent Weston (inc.)
16	David Clemens	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌David Clemens (inc.)
18	Scott Meyer	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Scott Meyer (inc.)
20	Randy Lemm	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Democratic-NPL: ▌Paul R. Hanson Republican: ▌Randy Lemm (inc.) ▌Robert Fors
22	Mark Weber	Republican	2020	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Nicholas Stensland ▌Mark Weber (inc.)
24	Michael Wobbema	Republican	2020	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Michael Wobbema (inc.)
26	Dale Patten	Republican	2018	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Dale Patten (inc.)
28	Robert Erbele	Republican	2000	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Robert Erbele (inc.) ▌Sebastian Ertelt
30	Diane Larson	Republican	2020	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Diane Larson (inc.)
32	Dick Dever	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Dick Dever (inc.)
34	Justin Gerhardt	Republican	(appointed)	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Justin Gerhardt (inc.)
36	Jay Elkin	Republican	2018	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Jay Elkin (inc.)
38	David Hogue	Republican	2008	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌David Hogue (inc.)
40	Karen Krebsbach	Republican	1988	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Karen Krebsbach (inc.)
42	Curt Kreun	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Republican: ▌Curt Kreun (inc.)
44	Merrill Piepkorn	Democratic-NPL	2016	TBD	TBD	Democratic-NPL: ▌Merrill Piepkorn (inc.)
46	Jim Roers	Republican	2016	TBD	TBD	Democratic-NPL: ▌ Jess Arneson Republican: ▌ Michelle Powers