2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota

none February 2026 September 2023 2012 United States House of Representatives Election in North Dakota North Dakota presidential Yes 2010 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota 2010 2014 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota 2014 November 6, 2012 150x150px File:Kevin Cramer, official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg Kevin Cramer Republican Party (United States) 173,433 54.89% File:Pam Gulleson, 15 September 2012 (cropped) (cropped).png Pam Gulleson North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party 131,869 41.70% 2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota results map by county.svg 250px County resultsCramer: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Gulleson: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% U.S. Representative Rick Berg Republican Party (United States) Kevin Cramer Republican Party (United States) thumb The 2012 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the U.S. representative from the state's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. A primary election was held on June 12, 2012;http://www.nd.gov/sos/forms/pdf/election-calendar-2012.pdf North Dakota election calendar July 2011 August 17, 2011 Secretary of State a candidate must receive at least 300 votes to appear on the general election ballot in November.http://www.nd.gov/sos/electvote/law.html North Dakota Century Code August 2011 December 30, 2011 Secretary of State Rick Berg, a member of the Republican Party who was first elected to represent the at-large district in 2010, had announced that he would not seek re-election and would instead run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kent Conrad.http://www.rollcall.com/news/house_freshman_berg_will_run_for_senate_in_north_dakota-205672-1.html House Freshman Berg Will Run for Senate in North Dakota May 16, 2011 May 20, 2011 Roll Call Shira Toeplitz Republican Kevin Cramer won the open House seat. 2 Republican primary The North Dakota Republican Party endorsed Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk at their state convention, though general election ballot access was determined by a statewide primary election held on June 12, 2012. In contrast to state political tradition, fellow Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer did not seek the party endorsement, instead attempting to defeat Kalk on the June primary ballot. Candidates Nominee Kevin Cramer, public service commissionerhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/6619e8742c374e6383accc35dbe0153f/ND--Cramer-Congress/ ND's Cramer uses Web video to open US House campaign; running for Congress for fourth time November 3, 2011 November 4, 2011 The Republic Dale WetzelSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Eliminated in primary Brian Kalk, public service commissioner and state party endorsed candidatehttp://www.rollcall.com/news/Kalk-Drops-Senate-Bid-for-House-205843-1.html Kalk to Run for House Instead of Senate in North Dakota May 20, 2011 May 20, 2011 Roll Call Kyle Trygstad May 23, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081746/http://www.rollcall.com/news/Kalk-Drops-Senate-Bid-for-House-205843-1.html dead Withdrew Shane Goettle, U.S. Senator John Hoeven's state directorDaum Kristen M Goettle declares as 4th GOP contender in 2012 U.S. House race http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92340 November 29, 2011 Flickertales from The Hill November 29, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120716035323/http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92340 July 16, 2012 dead Bette Grande, state representativeDaum Kristen M Fargo legislator Bette Grande will announce U.S. House run Tuesday http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92084 Flickertales from The Hill areavoices October 3, 2011 October 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111220011901/http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92084 December 20, 2011 dead DuWayne Hendrickson, perennial candidateSmith Nick Hendrickson joins GOP race for U.S. House http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/hendrickson-joins-gop-race-for-u-s-house/article_884f140c-3d56-11e1-83c4-0019bb2963f4.html January 12, 2012 The Bismarck Tribune January 12, 2012 Kim Koppelman, state representativeDaum Kristen M West Fargo legislator seeks GOP nod in packed U.S. House race http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92365 December 5, 2011 Flickertales from The Hill December 5, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120715201436/http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92365 July 15, 2012 dead Declined Rick Berg, incumbent U.S. representative Al Carlson, state House majority leaderhttps://www.politico.com/blogs/david-catanese/2011/04/hoeven-berg-likely-to-run-035350 Hoeven: Berg 'likely' to run April 27, 2011 April 29, 2011 Politico David Catanesehttp://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_115/North-Dakota-GOP-House-Race-205263-1.html N.D. GOP Expecting Competitive House Race May 3, 2011 May 4, 2011 Roll Call Shira Toeplitz January 6, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120106020650/http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_115/North-Dakota-GOP-House-Race-205263-1.html dead Tony Clark, public service commissionerhttp://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/323180/group/Opinion/ North Dakota asks: Is anyone on the job? June 12, 2011 June 13, 2011 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead Mark SchneiderSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Cory Fong, North Dakota state tax commissionerDaum Kristen M N.D. tax commissioner opts against congressional bid in 2012 http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92136 October 13, 2011 Flickertales from The Hill October 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111218134641/http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92136 December 18, 2011 dead Tony Grindberg, state senatorDaum Kristen M Grindberg not running for U.S. House in 2012 http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92213 November 2, 2011 Flickertales from The Hill areavoices November 2, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20140219213911/http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92213 February 19, 2014 dead Robert Harms, Tea Party activist and former treasurer of the North Dakota Republican Party Kelly Schmidt, North Dakota state treasurerhttp://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/351475/ Kelly Schmidt to seek third term as North Dakota treasurer February 20, 2012 February 25, 2012 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead Teri FinnemanSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Debate The North Dakota Republican Party held a candidates' debate on December 14 at the campus of Valley City State University. All five GOP candidates declared at the time—Cramer, Goettle, Grande, Kalk, and Koppelman—participated.Daum Kristen M NDGOP announces Dec. 14th debate for its U.S. House candidates http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92355 December 2, 2011 Flickertales from The Hill December 1, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120715225452/http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92355 July 15, 2012 dead Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KevinCramer BrianKalk UndecidedMason DixonMason Dixon June 4–6, 2012 625 ± 4% 60% 21% 19%Forum Communications Co.Forum Communications Co. May 3–8, 2012 500 ± 4.3% 38% 25% 27% Results Republican primary resultshttp://results.sos.nd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?text=Race&type=SW&map=CTY&eid=33 North Dakota Secretary of State Kevin Cramer Republican Party (United States) 54,405 54.4 Brian Kalk Republican Party (United States) 45,415 45.5 Write-ins n/a 113 0.1 99,933 100.0 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Pam Gulleson, former state representativehttp://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/334709/group/News/ Democrat Pam Gulleson running for North Dakota's U.S. House seat September 21, 2011 September 22, 2011 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead Kristen M Daum https://web.archive.org/web/20110926165237/http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/334709/group/News/ September 26, 2011 dead Declined Ben Vig, former state representativeDaum Kristen M Former state legislator Vig declines U.S. House run http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92074 Flickertales from The Hill September 28, 2011 September 28, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111220003446/http://ndpolitics.areavoices.com/?p=92074 December 20, 2011 dead Results Democratic primary results Pam Gulleson North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party 51,750 99.9 Write-in North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party 74 0.1 51,824 100.0 Libertarian nomination The Libertarian Party of North Dakota selected small business owner Eric Olson as their nominee at a state meeting.Ames Richard Libertarians take a stand on measure #2 http://www.nd.lp.org/1/post/2011/11/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.html Libertarian Party of North Dakota November 20, 2011 December 14, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426051648/http://www.nd.lp.org/1/post/2011/11/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.html April 26, 2012 dead General election Endorsements Kevin Cramer (R) Organizations National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" ProgramCANDIDATES http://gopyoungguns.com/candidates gopyoungguns.com 16 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20130101110717/http://gopyoungguns.com/candidates 1 January 2013 Pam Gulleson (D) Organizations Blue Dog CoalitionBlue Dog Endorsements http://bluedogdems.ngpvanhost.com/content/blue-dog-endorsements bluedogdems.ngpvanhost.com/ 23 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20121124061254/http://bluedogdems.ngpvanhost.com/content/blue-dog-endorsements 24 November 2012 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" ProgramRED TO BLUE 2012 http://www.dccc.org/pages/redtoblue DCCC 5 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026213338/http://www.dccc.org/pages/redtoblue 26 October 2012 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror KevinCramer (R) PamGulleson (D) EricOlson (L) UndecidedMason DixonMason Dixon October 26–28, 2012 625 ± 4.0% 50% 40% 2% 8%Forum/EssmanForum/Essman October 12–15, 2012 500 ± 4% 52% 32% 1% 15%Mason-DixonMason-Dixon October 3–5, 2012 625 ± 4% 49% 37% 2% 12%Mason DixonMason Dixon June 4–6, 2012 625 ± 4% 49% 35% 4% 12%Forum Communications Co. May 3–8, 2012 500 ± 4.3% 61% 23% – 15% Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Reporthttp://cookpolitical.com/house/charts/race-ratings The Cook Political Report — Charts – 2012 House Competitive Races Cookpolitical.com November 5, 2012 November 6, 2012Likely R November 5, 2012 Rothenberghttp://rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/ratings/house House Ratings Rothenbergpoliticalreport.com November 2, 2012 November 4, 2012Safe R November 2, 2012 Roll Call, 2012 11 04 us onLikely R November 4, 2012 Sabato's Crystal BallCrystal Ball https://web.archive.org/web/20230420175527/https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/category/2012-house/ April 20, 2023 , 2012 11 05 us onLikely R November 5, 2012 NY TimesHouse Race Ratings, The New York Times, 2012 11 04 us onSafe R November 4, 2012RCP, 2012 11 04 us onLikely R November 4, 2012The HillHouse Ratings https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/race-ratings/107735-the-hills-house-ratings-democrats-chances-for-seats-have-dimmed/ The Hill November 4, 2012 November 3, 2012 Likely R November 4, 2012 Results North Dakota's at-large congressional district, 2012 Republican Party (United States) Kevin Cramer 173,585 54.89% +0.15% North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Pam Gulleson 131,870 41.70% -3.23% Libertarian Party (United States) Eric Olson 10,261 3.24% N/A n/a Write-ins 508 0.16% -0.17% 316,224 100.0% N/A Republican Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Barnes (largest city: Valley City) Grand Forks (largest city: Grand Forks) Name (largest city: Stanley) Ramsey (largest city: Devils Lake) Towner (largest city: Cando) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Richland (largest city: Wahpeton) References External links North Dakota State Board of Elections United States House of Representatives elections in North Dakota, 2012 at Ballotpedia North Dakota U.S. House at OurCampaigns.com Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in North Dakota from OpenSecrets Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation Official campaign websites Kevin Cramer campaign website Pam Gulleson campaign website Eric Olson campaign website 2012 United States House of Representatives North Dakota