1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota

1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota
	County results; Conrad: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% ; Andrews: 40–50% 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Mark Andrews; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Kent Conrad; Democratic–NPL

The 1986 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mark Andrews ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic-NPL nominee Kent Conrad.

General election

Candidates

Anna B. Bourgois (Independent)
Kent Conrad, State Tax Commissioner (1981–1986) (Democratic-NPL)
Mark Andrews, incumbent U.S. Senator (Republican)

Campaign

Andrews lost re-election by just over 2,000^[1] votes after a rigorous campaign involving personal attacks and other strategies^[2]

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Kent Conrad	143,932	49.80%
	Republican	Mark Andrews (incumbent)	141,812	49.07%
	Independent	Anna B. Bourgois	3,269	1.13%
Total votes			289,013	100.00%
	Democratic–NPL gain from Republican

Notes

^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 30.
^ "Campaign '86: Conrad Gaining on Andrews in North Dakota Senate Race". Associated Press.

1986 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results

[1] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 30.

[2] "Campaign '86: Conrad Gaining on Andrews in North Dakota Senate Race". Associated Press.

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