NORTH DAKOTA

Your complete directory of North Dakota candidates for Governor, United States Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline (Major Parties): April 9, 2010
Filing Deadline (Primary Write-Ins): May 18, 2010
Filing Deadline (Independents & Third Parties): September 3, 2010
Filing Deadline (Write-Ins): October 12, 2010
D/R Nominating Conventions: March & April 2010
Primary: June 8, 2010

This page was last updated on June 9, 2010

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

2012 Elections:

GOVERNOR:
John Hoeven (R)*

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Jack Dalrymple (R)*

STATE TREASURER:
Kelly Schmidt (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE AUDITOR:
Robert "Bob" Peterson (R)*

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Adam Hamm (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE SUPERINTENDANT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
(Note: Superintendent is officially a non-partisan post.)
Wayne Sanstead (D)* - (Campaign Site)

2010 Elections:

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Al Jaeger (R)*
Corey Mock (D) - State Rep. & Non-Profit Health Clinic Director
Joshua Voytek (Libertarian/Write-in)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Wayne Stenehjem (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Jean Boechler (D) - Attorney

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Doug Goehring (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Merle Boucher (D) - State House Minority Leader, Rancher, Retired Teacher & '04/'08 Gov. Candidate

STATE TAX COMMISSIONER:
Cory Fong (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Cynthia Kaldor (D) - Ex-State Board of Higher Education Member, IT Manager, & Ex-Teacher
Richard Flattum-Riemers (Libertarian)

STATE LEGISLATURE:

State House

State Senate

U.S. SENATOR:

[ Byron Dorgan (D)* - Retiring in 2010. ]
Tracy Potter (D) - State Sen., Historian & Non-Profit Group Executive Director
John Hoeven (R) - Governor & Ex-Banker
Keith Hanson (Libertarian) - Ex-State Party Chair

Kent Conrad (D)* - Next Election in 2012.

U.S. CONGRESS:

At Large:
Earl Pomeroy (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Rick Berg (R) - State Rep., Ex-State House Speaker & Real Estate Developer

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of North Dakota
North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party
Green Party of North Dakota
Libertarian Party of North Dakota
North Dakota Republican Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Bismarck Tribune
DakotaPolitics.com
Devil's Lake Journal
Dickinson Press
Fargo Forum
Grand Forks Herald
Jamestown Sun
Minot Daily News
Say Anything (Conservative)
Taking Back North Dakaota (Conservative)
Valley City Times-Record
Wahpeton Daily News
Williston Herald

KFYR TV-5 (NBC - Bismarck)
KXMA TV-2 (CBS - Dickinson)
KXMC TV-13 (CBS - Minot)
North Dakota Public Radio / Prairie Public Television
WDAY TV-6 (ABC - Fargo)
WDAZ TV-8 (ABC - Grand Forks)