1992 United States Senate election in North Dakota

1992 United States Senate election in North Dakota
	County results; Dorgan: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Sydness: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Kent Conrad; Democratic–NPL	Elected U.S. Senator ; Byron Dorgan; Democratic–NPL

The 1992 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 3, 1992, along with other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic-NPL U.S. Senator Kent Conrad retired, having given a pledge that he would not run for re-election if the federal budget deficit was higher than when he was first elected; however, when the other Senate seat became vacant, he ran in the special election and won. Democratic-NPL U.S. Congressman Byron Dorgan won the open seat.^[1]

Major candidates

Dem-NPL

Byron Dorgan, U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district (1980-)

Republican

Steve Sydness, CEO of Endurance International Group

Results

1992 United States Senate election, North Dakota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Byron Dorgan	179,347	59.00%
	Republican	Steve Sydness	118,162	38.87%
	Independent	Tom Asbridge	6,448	2.12%
Turnout			303,957
	Democratic–NPL hold

References

^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

External links

Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

[1] Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

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