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The North Dakota Senate Safe R

This is one of our least certain forecasts — state-legislative races have almost no district polling and many of these maps were redrawn. Read the range, not the midpoint. How this is modeled →

Forecast · candidate-independent chamber model

Republicans are favored to hold control of the North Dakota Senate.

Chance of R control>99 in 100Expected Democratic seats 5.2 of 4780% range 47
D 547 seatsR 42
PVIR+18
Seats up in 202624
Chamber size47
District by district

47 seats, one per district. Hover a district for its seat; the table below opens with the closest races and carries the exact values.

Rating band
Striped = seat changes partyModeled seats use forecast paint; legal carries and terrain remain explicitly distinct
Forecast margin — pale at Even, deep at safe Not on the 2026 ballot (staggered term)

Census Bureau 2025 1:500,000 cartographic boundaries — simplified geometry for thematic mapping, not legal district lines.

DemocratRepublican
43Modeled D-vs-RJeff Barta — 76 in 100Mary K AdamsJeff BartaR+7.1
41Modeled D-vs-RKyle Davison — 81 in 100Nyamal DeiKyle DavisonR+8.5
13Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 88 in 100Landis LarsonJudy Lee · Philip SallbergR+11.5
11Modeled D-vs-RTim Mathern — 89 in 100Tim MathernChristine O'RileyD+11.9
21Modeled D-vs-RMary Schneider — 90 in 100Mary SchneiderD+12.7
45Modeled D-vs-RRonald Sorvaag — 92 in 100Dan MitchellRonald SorvaagR+13.6
9Modeled D-vs-RDemocratic — 96 in 100Jayme Davis · Richard MarcellaisD+17.4
17Modeled D-vs-RJonathan Sickler — 97 in 100Katie BentonJonathan SicklerR+18.6
27Modeled D-vs-RKristin Roers — 98 in 100Kristin RoersR+21.2
35Modeled D-vs-RSean Cleary — >99 in 100Dale PittmanSean ClearyR+25.7