Senate Elections 2012 | US Senate Elections | North Dakota Races
2012 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election Results
Heidi Heitkamp
Percent: 50.23%
Votes: 161,163
Rick Berg
Percent: 49.33%
Votes: 158,282
Race Summary
The 2012 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 6, 2012, and Democrat Heidi Heitkamp narrowly defeated Republican U.S. Representative Rick Berg by just under one percentage point to succeed retiring Senator Kent Conrad.
Full Results
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 50.23%
Votes: 161,163
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 49.33%
Votes: 158,282
Write-In
Percent: 0.44%
Votes: 1,406
Total votes: 320,851
State Map
Results by County
Adams County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 36.90%
Votes: 473
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 62.87%
Votes: 806
Write-In
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 3
Total votes: 1,282
Bottineau County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 46.33%
Votes: 1,636
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 53.10%
Votes: 1,875
Write-In
Percent: 0.57%
Votes: 20
Total votes: 3,531
Cass County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 56.51%
Votes: 41,480
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 43.00%
Votes: 31,569
Write-In
Percent: 0.49%
Votes: 359
Total votes: 73,408
Dunn County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 36.71%
Votes: 746
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 63.14%
Votes: 1,283
Write-In
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 3
Total votes: 2,032
Golden Valley County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 28.59%
Votes: 265
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 71.20%
Votes: 660
Write-In
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 2
Total votes: 927
Hettinger County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 37.63%
Votes: 511
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 62.08%
Votes: 843
Write-In
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 4
Total votes: 1,358
McHenry County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 50.20%
Votes: 1,359
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 49.46%
Votes: 1,339
Write-In
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 9
Total votes: 2,707
Mercer County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 40.59%
Votes: 1,807
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 59.01%
Votes: 2,627
Write-In
Percent: 0.40%
Votes: 18
Total votes: 4,452
Oliver County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 44.33%
Votes: 446
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 55.17%
Votes: 555
Write-In
Percent: 0.50%
Votes: 5
Total votes: 1,006
Ransom County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 68.71%
Votes: 1,669
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 31.08%
Votes: 755
Write-In
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 5
Total votes: 2,429
Sargent County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 65.66%
Votes: 1,321
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 33.75%
Votes: 679
Write-In
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 12
Total votes: 2,012
Stark County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 35.63%
Votes: 4,110
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 64.09%
Votes: 7,393
Write-In
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 32
Total votes: 11,535
Traill County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 59.06%
Votes: 2,311
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 40.61%
Votes: 1,589
Write-In
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 3,913
Williams County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 32.37%
Votes: 3,142
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 67.38%
Votes: 6,541
Write-In
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 24
Total votes: 9,707
Barnes County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 57.51%
Votes: 3,181
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 42.11%
Votes: 2,329
Write-In
Percent: 0.38%
Votes: 21
Total votes: 5,531
Bowman County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 36.29%
Votes: 621
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 63.47%
Votes: 1,086
Write-In
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 4
Total votes: 1,711
Cavalier County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 52.49%
Votes: 1,087
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 47.18%
Votes: 977
Write-In
Percent: 0.34%
Votes: 7
Total votes: 2,071
Eddy County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 60.00%
Votes: 693
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 39.39%
Votes: 455
Write-In
Percent: 0.61%
Votes: 7
Total votes: 1,155
Grand Forks County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 55.60%
Votes: 16,542
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 44.04%
Votes: 13,101
Write-In
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 107
Total votes: 29,750
Kidder County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 46.19%
Votes: 613
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 53.20%
Votes: 706
Write-In
Percent: 0.60%
Votes: 8
Total votes: 1,327
McIntosh County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 42.35%
Votes: 648
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 56.99%
Votes: 872
Write-In
Percent: 0.65%
Votes: 10
Total votes: 1,530
Morton County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 46.68%
Votes: 6,325
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 52.66%
Votes: 7,135
Write-In
Percent: 0.66%
Votes: 90
Total votes: 13,550
Pembina County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 51.30%
Votes: 1,672
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 48.45%
Votes: 1,579
Write-In
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 8
Total votes: 3,259
Renville County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 46.00%
Votes: 580
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 53.61%
Votes: 676
Write-In
Percent: 0.40%
Votes: 5
Total votes: 1,261
Sheridan County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 36.29%
Votes: 299
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 63.23%
Votes: 521
Write-In
Percent: 0.49%
Votes: 4
Total votes: 824
Steele County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 61.63%
Votes: 641
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 38.27%
Votes: 398
Write-In
Percent: 0.10%
Votes: 1
Total votes: 1,040
Walsh County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 54.94%
Votes: 2,645
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 44.68%
Votes: 2,151
Write-In
Percent: 0.37%
Votes: 18
Total votes: 4,814
Benson County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 67.08%
Votes: 1,453
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 32.73%
Votes: 709
Write-In
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 4
Total votes: 2,166
Burke County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 35.29%
Votes: 360
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 64.41%
Votes: 657
Write-In
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 3
Total votes: 1,020
Dickey County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 44.43%
Votes: 1,125
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 55.25%
Votes: 1,399
Write-In
Percent: 0.32%
Votes: 8
Total votes: 2,532
Emmons County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 37.85%
Votes: 709
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 61.51%
Votes: 1,152
Write-In
Percent: 0.64%
Votes: 12
Total votes: 1,873
Grant County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 38.66%
Votes: 542
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 60.84%
Votes: 853
Write-In
Percent: 0.50%
Votes: 7
Total votes: 1,402
LaMoure County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 48.34%
Votes: 1,065
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 51.07%
Votes: 1,125
Write-In
Percent: 0.59%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 2,203
McKenzie County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 36.02%
Votes: 1,229
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 63.80%
Votes: 2,177
Write-In
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 3,412
Mountrail County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 50.92%
Votes: 1,745
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 48.82%
Votes: 1,673
Write-In
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 9
Total votes: 3,427
Pierce County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 47.22%
Votes: 1,027
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 52.23%
Votes: 1,136
Write-In
Percent: 0.55%
Votes: 12
Total votes: 2,175
Richland County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 58.39%
Votes: 4,445
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 41.18%
Votes: 3,135
Write-In
Percent: 0.43%
Votes: 33
Total votes: 7,613
Sioux County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 83.52%
Votes: 963
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 16.05%
Votes: 185
Write-In
Percent: 0.43%
Votes: 5
Total votes: 1,153
Stutsman County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 50.61%
Votes: 4,800
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 49.07%
Votes: 4,654
Write-In
Percent: 0.32%
Votes: 30
Total votes: 9,484
Ward County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 44.45%
Votes: 11,230
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 54.97%
Votes: 13,888
Write-In
Percent: 0.57%
Votes: 145
Total votes: 25,263
Billings County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 27.92%
Votes: 160
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 71.90%
Votes: 412
Write-In
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 1
Total votes: 573
Burleigh County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 44.79%
Votes: 19,284
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 54.67%
Votes: 23,538
Write-In
Percent: 0.54%
Votes: 231
Total votes: 43,053
Divide County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 50.95%
Votes: 592
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 48.80%
Votes: 567
Write-In
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 3
Total votes: 1,162
Foster County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 51.05%
Votes: 853
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 48.47%
Votes: 810
Write-In
Percent: 0.48%
Votes: 8
Total votes: 1,671
Griggs County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 52.85%
Votes: 704
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 47.15%
Votes: 628
Write-In
Percent: 0.00%
Votes: 0
Total votes: 1,332
Logan County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 42.00%
Votes: 446
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 57.44%
Votes: 610
Write-In
Percent: 0.56%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 1,062
McLean County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 47.96%
Votes: 2,357
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 51.76%
Votes: 2,544
Write-In
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 14
Total votes: 4,915
Nelson County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 59.50%
Votes: 993
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 40.14%
Votes: 670
Write-In
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 1,669
Ramsey County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 55.18%
Votes: 2,766
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 44.46%
Votes: 2,229
Write-In
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 18
Total votes: 5,013
Rolette County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 80.08%
Votes: 3,662
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 19.72%
Votes: 902
Write-In
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 9
Total votes: 4,573
Slope County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 33.48%
Votes: 149
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 66.07%
Votes: 294
Write-In
Percent: 0.45%
Votes: 2
Total votes: 445
Towner County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 59.39%
Votes: 699
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 40.10%
Votes: 472
Write-In
Percent: 0.51%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 1,177
Wells County
Heidi Heitkamp (DEM)
Percent: 41.59%
Votes: 982
Rick Berg (REP)
Percent: 57.73%
Votes: 1,363
Write-In
Percent: 0.68%
Votes: 16
Total votes: 2,361