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North Dakota Senate District 26
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Dale Patten Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Dale Patten (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
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History (17 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 6,236
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDale PattenWon Republican 6,16898.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 681.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,854
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDale PattenWon(incumbent) Republican 3,81599.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 391.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,982
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason HeitkampWon Republican 3,68352.8% DemocraticJim Dotzenrod(incumbent) Democratic 3,29547.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,752
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim DotzenrodWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,45151.1% RepublicanJason Heitkamp Republican 3,28748.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 140.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,695
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim DotzenrodWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,56797.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1282.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,135
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim DotzenrodWon Democratic 3,49056.9% RepublicanDonnell Walstead Republican 2,64543.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,544
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel HeitkampWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,544100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,898
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- Type
- Special election
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJoel HeitkampWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,62261.4% RepublicanNorma Jean Kjos Republican 2,27638.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,961
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerome KelshWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,05251.2% RepublicanMark L. Johnson Republican 2,21537.2% IndependentPete Awender Independent 69411.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,591
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerome KelshWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,22857.7% RepublicanPete Awender Republican 2,36342.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,276
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerome KelshWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,70459.0% RepublicanDennis J. Schimke Republican 2,57241.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,466
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerome KelshWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,32960.9% RepublicanGary Asche Republican 2,13739.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,839
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerome KelshWon Democratic 3,12853.6% RepublicanJames Smykowski Republican 2,71146.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,807
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1976 to 1981)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLeroy EricksonWon Republican 3,79665.4% DemocraticClayton Litchfield Democratic 2,01134.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,974
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1976 to 1981)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames SmykowskiWon(incumbent) Republican 3,02250.6% DemocraticEarl W. Anderson Democratic 2,95249.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,091
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1975)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJames SmykowskiWon Republican 2,96048.6% DemocraticEarl W. Anderson Democratic 2,91147.8% RepublicanC. G. Kee Republican 1191.9% OtherEarl Redlin(incumbent) Other 1001.6% OtherDonald Moore Other 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,255
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
North Dakota Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKenneth MorganWon(incumbent) Republican 2,79553.2% DemocraticRalph Dotzenrod Democratic 2,35744.9% OtherPaul Arth Other 1032.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). North Dakota Senate District 26, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/nd/senate/26. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:nd/sldu:26
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026