United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2006

November 7, 2006



Nominee	Kent Conrad	Dwight Grotberg
Party	Democratic-NPL	Republican
Popular vote	150,146	64,417
Percentage	68.8%	29.5%

County results

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Kent Conrad
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Kent Conrad
Democratic

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The 2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Dem-NPL U.S. Senator Kent Conrad won re-election to a fourth term.

Major candidates

Dem-NPL

Kent Conrad, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Dwight Grotberg, farmer

Campaign

Popular Republican governor John Hoeven was heavily recruited by prominent national Republicans, including Karl Rove and Dick Cheney to run against Conrad. SurveyUSA polls showed that both Conrad and Hoeven had among the highest approval ratings of any Senators and governors in the nation. A poll conducted by PMR (8/26-9/3 MoE 3.9) for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead had as result for a hypothetical matchup: Hoeven-35%, Conrad-27%, Uncommitted-38%. This poll showed voter conflict between two very popular politicians in a small state where party loyalty is often trumped by personality. In late September 2005, Hoeven formally declined.^[1] Hoeven ran for the Senate in 2010 and was elected.

Polling

Source	Date	Conrad	Grotberg
Rasmussen	January 30, 2006	59%	31%

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kent Conrad (inc.)	150,146	68.8%	+7.4
	Republican	Dwight Grotberg	64,417	29.5%	-9.1
	Independent	Roland Riemers	2,194	1.0%	n/a
	Independent	James Germalic	1,395	0.6%	n/a
Majority			85,729	39.3%
Turnout			218,154	44.5%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+8.3

Conrad won at least 53% of the vote in every county in the state.

References

↑ Wetzel, Dave (September 30, 2005). "North Dakota governor not running for U.S. Senate". Grand Forks Herald. Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 11, 2005. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

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