North Dakota State Senate District 9

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Richard Marcellais Democratic (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28

Jayme DavisDemocratic

One candidate on the printed ballot.

Last election: Kent Weston (Republican) won by 7.6 points, 2022
On the 2026 ballot: 1 candidate

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UncontestedOpen seat

One candidate on the printed ballot. The current holder, Richard Marcellais, is not on the candidate list.

Jayme DavisDemocratic

Source: vip.sos.nd.gov, dated Oct 28

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 5,534
Election day: November 5, 2024
Type: Special election
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRichard MarcellaisWon	Democratic	3,39561.4%	61.4%
RepublicanJudy Estenson	Republican	2,13438.6%	38.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	50.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,349
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKent WestonWon	Republican	2,33553.7%	53.7%
DemocraticRichard Marcellais(incumbent)	Democratic	2,00546.1%	46.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	90.2%	0.2%

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRichard MarcellaisWon(incumbent)	Democratic	4,377100.0%	100.0%

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRichard MarcellaisWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,452100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,932
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRichard MarcellaisWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,20856.1%	56.1%
RepublicanChristopher Albertson	Republican	1,71643.6%	43.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	80.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,696
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRichard MarcellaisWon	Democratic	1,98853.8%	53.8%
IndependentEllen L. Dunlop	Independent	1,70846.2%	46.2%

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDennis BercierWon(incumbent)	Democratic	3,172100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,137
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDennis BercierWon	Democratic	2,87569.5%	69.5%
RepublicanScott H. Belgarde	Republican	1,26230.5%	30.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,714
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLes LafountainWon	Democratic	3,18267.5%	67.5%
RepublicanArthur O. Rude	Republican	1,53232.5%	32.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,407
Election day: November 6, 1990
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDan JeromeWon	Democratic	3,00468.2%	68.2%
IndependentMarvin Nelson	Independent	1,40331.8%	31.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,266
Election day: November 4, 1986
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAllen RichardWon	Democratic	1,94059.4%	59.4%
RepublicanRichard Laframboise	Republican	1,31240.2%	40.2%
IndependentPhillip Berube(incumbent)	Independent	140.4%	0.4%

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPhillip BerubeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,637100.0%	100.0%

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1978, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPhillip BerubeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,699100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,270
Election day: November 4, 1974
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1975)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1974, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPhillip BerubeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,70675.2%	75.2%
RepublicanGeorge Gottbrecht	Republican	56424.9%	24.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,606
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

North Dakota Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPhilip BerubeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,56171.0%	71.0%
RepublicanClifford Close	Republican	1,04529.0%	29.0%

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
1970 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

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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:9

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026