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2016 United States Senate election in North Dakota
	Hoeven: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Glassheim: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; John Hoeven; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; John Hoeven; Republican

The 2016 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of North Dakota, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held June 14.

Incumbent Republican Senator John Hoeven won re-election to a second term with 78.5% of the vote, the largest margin in the state's history.^[1] Hoeven became the first Republican senator to be re-elected from North Dakota since 1974.

Republican primary

Candidates

John Hoeven, incumbent U.S. Senator^[1]

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Hoeven (incumbent)	103,677	99.57%
	Republican	Write-in	445	0.43%
Total votes			104,122	100.00%

Democratic-NPL primary

Candidates

Eliot Glassheim, state representative^[3]

Results

Democratic-NPL primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Eliot Glassheim	17,243	99.72%
	Democratic–NPL	Write-in	48	0.28%
Total votes			17,291	100.00%

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Robert Marquette^[4]

Libertarian primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Robert Marquette	1,089	99.54%
	Libertarian	Write-in	5	0.46%
Total votes			1,094	100.00%

General election

Debates

Dates	Location	Hoeven	Glassheim	Marquette	Link
October 13, 2016	Bismarck, North Dakota	Participant	Participant	Participant	^[5]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[6]	Safe R	November 2, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[7]	Safe R	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report^[8]	Safe R	November 3, 2016
Daily Kos^[9]	Safe R	November 8, 2016
Real Clear Politics^[10]	Safe R	November 7, 2016

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Hoeven (R)	Eliot Glassheim (D)	Undecided
SurveyMonkey^[11]	November 1–7, 2016	313	± 4.6%	74%	23%	3%
SurveyMonkey^[12]	October 31–November 6, 2016	288	± 4.6%	73%	24%	3%
SurveyMonkey^[13]	October 28–November 3, 2016	276	± 4.6%	74%	24%	2%
SurveyMonkey^[14]	October 27–November 2, 2016	260	± 4.6%	72%	24%	4%
SurveyMonkey^[15]	October 26–November 1, 2016	254	± 4.6%	72%	25%	3%
SurveyMonkey^[16]	October 25–31, 2016	279	± 4.6%	71%	27%	2%

Results

United States Senate election in North Dakota, 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Hoeven (incumbent)	268,788	78.48%	+2.40%
	Democratic–NPL	Eliot Glassheim	58,116	16.97%	−5.20%
	Libertarian	Robert Marquette	10,556	3.08%	+1.45%
	Independent	James Germalic	4,675	1.36%	N/A
	Write-in		366	0.11%	N/A
Total votes			342,501	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold