United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1992

November 3, 1992



Nominee	Byron L. Dorgan	Steve Sydness
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	179,347	118,162
Percentage	59.0%	38.9%

County Results

Senator before election

Kent Conrad
Democratic

Elected Senator

Byron Dorgan
Democratic

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The 1992 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 3, 1992 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 Kent Conrad retired, having given a pledge that he would not run for re-election if the federal budget deficit was higher than when he was first elected; however when the other Senate seat became vacant, he ran in the special election. Dem-NPL U.S. Congressman Byron Dorgan won the open seat.^[1]

Major candidates

Dem-NPL

Byron Dorgan, U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district (1980-)

Republican

Steve Sydness, businessman (CEO of Endurance International Group)

Results

1992 United States Senate election, North Dakota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Byron Dorgan	179,347	59.00
	Republican	Steve Sydness	118,162	38.87
	Independent	Tom Asbridge	6,448	2.12
Majority
Turnout			303,957

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf

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1992 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results

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See also: Political party strength in North Dakota

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