United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1998

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The 1998 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 3, 1998. The incumbent, North Dakota Democratic NPL Party Senator Byron Dorgan, sought and received re-election to the United States Senate to his second term, defeating Republican candidate Donna Nalewaja, a state legislator. ^[1]

Only Dorgan filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Donna Nalewaja of Fargo, North Dakota, a State Senator for District 35. Nalewaja made the decision to gave up her seat in 1998 before she announced her candidacy, after serving for 16 years. 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.

One independent candidate, Harley McLain, also filed before the deadline. McLain had previously run for North Dakota's other senate seat in 1980 against incumbent Mark Andrews.

[edit] Election results

1998 United States Senate election, North Dakota
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

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• 1998 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results

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