United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, 2014

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United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, At-large district, 2014

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  Kevin Cramer, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg
Nominee Kevin Cramer George B. Sinner Jack Seaman
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 138,100 95,678 14,531
Percentage 55.5% 38.5% 5.8%

North Dakota House of Representatives At Large Election Results by County, 2014.svg
Results by county
Cramer:         Sinner:        

Representative before election

Kevin Cramer
Republican

Elected Representative

Kevin Cramer
Republican

The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 to elect the U.S. Representative from North Dakota's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of North Dakota in the 114th United States Congress.[1] The election coincided with all other states' House of Representatives elections. Incumbent Republican Representative Kevin Cramer, who has served in the seat since 2013, ran for re-election to a second two-year term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • DuWayne Hendrickson (did not make the ballot)[3]

Results

Republican primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Cramer 50,188 99.70
Republican Write-in 151 00.30
Total votes 50,339 100

Democratic-Nonpartisan League primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic George B. Sinner 30,102 99.83
Democratic Write-in 52 0.17
Total votes 30,154 100

Libertarian nomination

Candidates

Declared

  • Jack Seaman, businessman[8]

Results

Libertarian primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Robert J. "Jack" Seaman 1,548 99.55
Libertarian Write-in 7 0.45
Total votes 1,555 100

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Kevin
Cramer (R)
George B.
Sinner (D-NPL)
Jack
Seaman (L)
Other Undecided
DFM Research October 13–16, 2014 430 ± 4.7% 46% 39% 3% 12%
Forum Communications September 26–October 3, 2014 505 ± 5% 46% 27% 4% 23%
WPA Opinion Research* September 29–30, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 48% 38% 12%
The Mellman Group^ September 20–22, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 38% 40% 5% 17%
  • * Internal poll for the Kevin Cramer campaign
  • ^ Internal poll for the George B. Sinner campaign

Results

Cramer defeated Sinner and Seaman in the general election with 55.5% of the vote.[9]

North Dakota's At-large congressional district election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Cramer 138,100 55.54
Democratic George B. Sinner 95,678 38.48
Libertarian Jack Seaman 14,531 5.84
Write-ins 361 0.15
Total votes 248,670 100.00
Republican hold

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  9. http://results.sos.nd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?text=Race&type=SW&map=CTY

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