User:Dcmacnut/North Dakota Senate members
These tables are historical listings of state representatives who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from statehood in 1889 until the present.
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1889-1903, 31 senators
[edit]Senators serve four-year terms, with one half of the senate elected every two years. Those elected to the 1st Legislative Assembly in 1889 were elected to two-year terms, and had to stand for reelection in 1890. The North Dakota Constitution of 1889 required the Legislative Assembly to separate the senate into two classes, with one class elected 1890 serving two-year terms and the other class serving four-year terms. The 2nd Legislative Assembly assigned senators from odd-numbered districts to the first class and even-numbered districts to the second class.
1903-1909, 40 senators
[edit]40 senators elected from single-member districts. Due to the reapportionment, senators in districts 33, 35, 37, and 39 were elected in 1902 to two-year terms, instead of four. They stood for relection with the rest of the senators from odd-numbered districts in 1904 to maintain the constitutional requirement for that one-half the senate be elected every two years.
1909-1967, 47 to 50 senators
[edit]- 1909: 47 senators elected from single-member districts.
- 1911: 49 senators elected from single-member districts.
- 1913: 50 senators elected from single-member districts.
- 1915-1967: 49 senators elected from single-member districts.
1967-1977, 49 to 51 senators
[edit]- 49 senators elected from 39 districts. Senators were elected from single-member districts except District 29, which elected 2 senators at-large, Districts 5, 18, and 32 which elected three, and District 21 which elected four.
- 1973-1975: 51 senators elected from 38 districts. Districts were numbered 1 to 39, but there was no 13th district. This apportoinment was ordered by the U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota, Southeastern District, which ruled the previous apportionment plan for the state unconstitutional. This court ordered apporprionment plant was in effect for the 1972 and 1974 elections. Senators [29] Senators were elected from single-member except for the following at-large districts.
- District 29: two senators
- District 32: three senators
- Districts 5 and 18: four senators
- District 21: five senators
Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1977 - 1983)
[edit]- 98 representatives elected from 49 districts elected two representatives at-large. Districts 40 and 50 in Minot were combined into a single district and elected four members at large.
Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1983 - 1993)
[edit]- 106 representatives elected from 51 districts. All districts elected 2 representatives at-large. Districts 17 and 18 in Grand Forks and Districts 40 and 50 in Minot were combined, and each elected four-members at large.
Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1993 - present)
[edit]- 1993 – 2003: 98 representatives elected from 49districts, each electing 2 at-large representatives. Beginning in 1998, representatives were elected to four-year terms.
- 2003 – present: 94 representatives elected from 47districts, each electing 2 at-large representatives.
Members of the 65th Senate
[edit]District | Senator | Party | Residence | First elected | Seat up |
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1 | Brad Bekkedahl | Rep | Williston | 2014 | 2018 |
2 | David S. Rust | Rep | Tioga | 2015 | 2020 |
3 | Oley Larsen | Rep | Minot | 2010 | 2018 |
4 | Jordan Kannianen | Rep | 2016 | 2020 | |
5 | Randy Burckhard | Rep | Minot | 2010 | 2018 |
6 | Shawn Vedaa | Rep | 2016 | 2020 | |
7 | Nicole Poolman | Rep | Bismarck | 2012 | 2018 |
8 | Howard Anderson Jr. | Rep | Turtle Lake | 2012 | 2020 |
9 | Richard Marcellais | Dem-NPL | Belcourt | 2006 | 2018 |
10 | Janne Myrdal | Rep | 2016 | 2020 | |
11 | Tim Mathern | Dem-NPL | Fargo | 1986 | 2018 |
12 | John Grabinger | Dem-NPL | Jamestown | 2012 | 2020 |
13 | Judy Lee | Rep | West Fargo | 1994 | 2018 |
14 | Jerry Klein | Rep | Fessenden | 1996 | 2020 |
15 | Dave Oehlke | Rep | Devils Lake | 2006 | 2018 |
16 | David Clemens | Rep | 2016 | 2020 | |
17 | Ray Holmberg | Rep | Grand Forks | 1976 | 2018 |
18 | Scott Meyer | Rep | 2016 | 2020 | |
19 | Tom Campbell | Rep | Grafton | 2012 | 2018 |
20 | Arne Osland | Rep | 2016 | 2020 | |
21 | Carolyn Nelson | Dem-NPL | Fargo | 1994 | 2018 |
22 | Gary Lee | Rep | Casselton | 2000 | 2020 |
23 | Joan Heckaman | Dem-NPL | New Rockford | 2006 | 2018 |
24 | Larry Robinson | Dem-NPL | Valley City | 1988 | 2020 |
25 | Larry Luick | Rep | Wahpeton | 2010 | 2018 |
26 | Jim Dotzenrod | Dem-NPL | Wyndmere | 2008 | 2020 |
27 | Jonathan Casper | Rep | Fargo | 2014 | 2018 |
28 | Robert Erbele | Rep | Lehr | 2000 | 2020 |
29 | Terry Wanzek | Rep | Jamestown | 1994 | 2018 |
30 | Diane Larson | Rep | Bismarck | 2016 | 2020 |
31 | Donald Schaible | Rep | Mott | 2010 | 2018 |
32 | Dick Dever | Rep | Bismarck | 2008 | 2020 |
33 | Jessica Unruh | Rep | Beulah | 2012† | 2018 |
34 | Dwight Cook | Rep | Mandan | 1996 | 2020 |
35 | Erin Oban | Dem-NPL | Bismarck | 2014 | 2018 |
36 | Kelly Armstrong | Rep | Dickinson | 2012 | 2020 |
37 | Rich Wardner | Rep | Dickinson | 1998 | 2018 |
38 | David Hogue | Rep | Minot | 2008 | 2020 |
39 | Bill Bowman | Rep | Bowman | 1990 | 2018 |
40 | Karen Krebsbach | Rep | Minot | 1988 | 2020 |
41 | Kyle Davison | Rep | Fargo | 2014 | 2018 |
42 | Curt Kreun | Rep | Grand Forks | 2016 | 2020 |
43 | Lonnie Laffen | Rep | Grand Forks | 2010 | 2018 |
44 | Merrill Piepkorn | Dem-NPL | Fargo | 2016 | 2020 |
45 | Ronald Sorvaag | Rep | Fargo | 2010 | 2018 |
46 | George B. Sinner | Dem-NPL | Fargo | 2012 | 2020 |
47 | Ralph Kilzer | Rep | Bismarck | 1998 | 2018 |
Footnotes
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- ^ North Dakota Blue Book. North Dakota Legislative Assembly. 1973. p. 69.