2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

2012 United States House of Representatives Election in North Dakota

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Nominee Kevin Cramer Pam Gulleson
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Popular vote 173,433 131,869
Percentage 54.9% 41.7%

County results
Cramer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Gulleson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Rick Berg
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Kevin Cramer
Republican

The 2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the U.S. representative from the state's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. A primary election was held on June 12, 2012;[1] a candidate must receive at least 300 votes to appear on the general election ballot in November.[2]

Rick Berg, a member of the Republican Party who was first elected to represent the at-large district in 2010, had announced that he would not seek re-election and would instead run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kent Conrad.[3] Republican Kevin Cramer won the open House seat.

  1. ^ "North Dakota election calendar" (PDF). Secretary of State. July 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. ^ "North Dakota Century Code". Secretary of State. August 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  3. ^ Toeplitz, Shira (May 16, 2011). "House Freshman Berg Will Run for Senate in North Dakota". Roll Call. Retrieved May 20, 2011.

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