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United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, 2010

United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota, 2010
North Dakota
← 2008 November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02) 2012 →
Turnout 237,137
  Rick Berg, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg Earl Pomeroy 111th congressional portrait.jpg
Nominee Rick Berg Earl Pomeroy
Party Republican Democratic-NPL
Popular vote 129,802 106,542
Percentage 54.74 44.93

United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota results by county, 2010.svg
Results by county.
Berg:       
Pomeroy:       

Representative before election

Earl Pomeroy
Democratic-NPL

Elected Representative

Rick Berg
Republican


Earl Pomeroy
Democratic-NPL

Rick Berg
Republican

The 2010 House election in North Dakota took place on November 2, 2010 to elect the state's At-large Representative to the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the person elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011 until January 3, 2013. North Dakota has one seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census.

The election was held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 2010 (including one in North Dakota), the United States House elections in other states and various state and local elections.

Despite Republican dominance in Presidential elections in North Dakota (which hasn't voted Democratic since 1964) as well as state and local elections, Democrats have since the late 1980s achieved several consecutive victories in Congressional elections in the state. Democrats have held the state's at-large House seat since 1981 when Incumbent Republican Representative Mark Andrews retired from the House of Representatives to run for and subsequently win election to the Senate in 1980. Following the 1986 Congressional elections, Democrats gained North Dakota's Class III U.S. Senate seat in addition to having already held the state's other Senate seat, thus giving Democrats control of both its U.S. Senate seats for the first time in North Dakota's history. From 1987 to date, North Dakota has had a completely Democratic Congressional delegation.


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