| District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At-Large District | Don Short* (R)
Hjalmar Nygaard (R) |
135,579
127,118 |
52.9%
49.6% |
Raymond Vendsel (D)
Anson Anderson (D) |
120,773
109,207 | 47.1%
42.6% |
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| Office | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General | Leslie Burgum* (R) | 145,116 | 56.0% | Charles Murphy (D) | 114,178 | 44.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 259,294 |
| Agriculture | Math Dahl* (R) | 142,074 | 54.8% | Bruce Hagen (D) | 117,303 | 45.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 259,377 |
| Auditor | Curtis Olson* (R) | 140,334 | 54.6% | Weldon Haugen (D) | 116,855 | 45.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 257,189 |
| Insurance | A.J. Jensen* (R) | 144,295 | 56.6% | Don Sloan (D) | 110,460 | 43.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 254,755 |
| Lt. Governor | Orville Hagen (R) | 135,365 | 52.5% | Lavern Schoder (D) | 122,388 | 47.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 257,753 |
| Secretary of State | Ben Meier* (R) | 139,927 | 54.4% | Lloyd Omdahl (D) | 117,138 | 45.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 257,065 |
| Public Instruction | Marvell Peterson* (I) | 214,535 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 214,535 | |||
| Taxes | Arthur Engen* (D) | 169,774 | 70.4% | John Leier (I) | 71,428 | 29.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 241,202 |
| Treasurer | John Erickson* (R) | 140,041 | 54.9% | Albert Heide (D) | 114,954 | 45.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 254,995 |