November 8, 2016 2020 → 76.5% 19.4% | 259,863 65,855 Date 8 November 2016 | |
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Location North Dakota, United States Winner Doug Burgum | ||
The 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This would have been the first time North Dakotans selected a Governor under new voter ID requirements, in which a student ID was insufficient identification to vote, but a court ruling in August 2016 struck the down the provision, and the election was held under the 2013 rules.
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The primaries took place on June 14.
Incumbent Republican Governor Jack Dalrymple announced that he would not run for re-election to a second full term in office.
Doug Burgum (R) defeated Marvin Nelson (DNPL) in the General Election to become the new Governor of North Dakota.
Background
In December 2010, Republican Governor John Hoeven resigned after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Jack Dalrymple, the Lieutenant Governor, was sworn in as Governor and was elected to a full term in 2012. In August 2015, Dalrymple announced that he will not run for re-election to a second full term in office.
Republican primary
The North Dakota Republican Party will endorse a candidate at their state convention April 1–3, but ballot access is actually controlled by North Dakota's primary election held Tuesday, June 14.