The 2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic-NPL U.S. Senator Kent Conrad won re-election to a fourth term.
Major candidates
Democratic-NPL
Kent Conrad, incumbent U.S. Senator
Republican
Dwight Grotberg
Campaign
Popular Republican governor John Hoeven was heavily recruited by prominent national Republicans, including Karl Rove and Dick Cheney to run against Conrad. SurveyUSA polls showed that both Conrad and Hoeven had among the highest approval ratings of any Senators and governors in the nation. A poll conducted by PMR (8/26-9/3 MoE 3.9) for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead had as result for a hypothetical matchup: Hoeven-35%, Conrad-27%, Uncommitted-38%. This poll showed voter conflict between two very popular politicians in a small state where party loyalty is often trumped by personality. In late September 2005, Hoeven formally declined. Hoeven ran for the Senate in 2010 and was elected by a landslide, in that year's Republican midterm wave.
Debates
Complete video of debate, October 17, 2006
Predictions
Polling
Results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Billings (largest city: Medora) McIntosh (largest city: Wishek) Sheridan (largest city: McClusky)
See also
2006 United States Senate elections
2006 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
2006 North Dakota state elections
References
External links
Official campaign websites (Archived) Conrad's campaign website Grotberg's campaign website
