United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1986

November 4, 1986



Nominee	Kent Conrad	Mark Andrews
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	143,932	141,812
Percentage	49.8%	49.1%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Mark Andrews
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Kent Conrad
Democratic

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The 1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held November 4, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mark Andrews lost re-election to a second term to Dem-NPL nominee Kent Conrad.

Major candidates

Dem-NPL

Kent Conrad, State Tax Commissioner (1981–1986)

Republican

Mark Andrews, incumbent U.S. Senator

Campaign

Andrews lost re-election by just over 2,000^[1] votes after a rigorous campaign involving personal attacks and other strategies.

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kent Conrad	143,932	49.80
	Republican	Mark Andrews (incumbent)	141,812	49.07
	Independent	Anna B. Bourgois	3,269	1.13
Majority
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing
Turnout			289,013

Notes

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf

1986 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results

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See also: Political party strength in North Dakota

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