United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1998

United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1998

1992 ← November 3, 1998 → 2004

Nominee Byron L. Dorgan Donna Nalewaja Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 134,747 75,013 Percentage 63.2% 35.2%

County Results

Senator before election Byron Dorgan Democratic Elected Senator Byron Dorgan Democratic

The 1998 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 3, 1998 along other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent North Dakota Democratic NPL Party U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan won re-election to a second term. ^[1]

Major candidates

Democratic

• Bryon Dorgan, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

• Donna Nalewaja, State Senator for District 35.

Campaign

Nalewaja's campaign focused on the suggestion that Dorgan had served in the United States Congress for nearly 20 years, and had accomplished relatively little. Dorgan and Nalewaja won the primary elections for their respective parties. McLain had previously run for North Dakota's other senate seat in 1980 against incumbent Mark Andrews.

Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Byron Dorgan (incumbent)	134,747	63.16
	Republican	Donna Nalewaja	75,013	35.16
	Independent	Harley McLain	3,598	1.69
Majority
Turnout			213,358

References

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External links

• 1998 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results