2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota

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

2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota
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
Conrad:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
U.S. senator before election

Kent Conrad
Democratic-NPL

 Elected U.S. Senator

Kent Conrad
Democratic-NPL

Elections in North Dakota

Major candidates

Democratic-NPL

Republican
  • Dwight Grotberg

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 by a landslide, in that year's Republican midterm wave.

Debates

Polling
Source Date Kent
Conrad (D)		 Dwight
Grotberg (R)
Rasmussen January 30, 2006 59% 31%

Results
General election results
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic-NPL Kent Conrad (incumbent) 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-NPL hold Swing +8.3

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

See also
North Dakota congressional elections, 2006
North Dakota state elections, 2006

References
  1. 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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