1992 United States Senate election in North Dakota

United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1992

November 3, 1992

Nominee Byron Dorgan Steve Sydness Party Democratic–NPL Republican Popular vote 179,347 118,162 Percentage 59.0% 38.9%

County Results Dorgan:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Sydnes:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Kent Conrad Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan Democratic

The 1992 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held on November 3, 1992 along other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent North Dakota Democratic NPL Party U.S. Senator Kent Conrad retired, having given a pledge that he would not run for re-election if the federal budget deficit was higher than when he was first elected; however when the other Senate seat became vacant, he ran in the special election. Dem-NPL U.S. Congressman Byron Dorgan won the open seat.

Major candidates

Dem-NPL

• Byron Dorgan, U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district (1980-)

Republican

• Steve Sydness, CEO of Endurance International Group

Results

1992 United States Senate election, North Dakota

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic–NPL	Byron Dorgan	179,347	59.00%
	Republican	Steve Sydness	118,162	38.87%
	Independent	Tom Asbridge	6,448	2.12%
Turnout			303,957

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1992 and 1993

External links

• Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.