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Benson County, North Dakota

2026 election results. Julie Fedorchak (R) got 46% of the North Dakota at-large vote in Benson County. Below are also 12 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Benson County

U.S. House: North Dakota at-large

Julie Fedorchak
46.4%599
Trygve Hammer
45.1%583
Charles Tuttle
5.0%64
Helene Neville
3.6%46
100% counted

Whole district: Julie Fedorchak wins. Called.

The leader in Benson County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 8:12 PM.

12 local contests in Benson County

County offices, judges and other local offices on Benson County's ballots, from North Dakota's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

County Auditor/Treasurer Benson

CandidateVotesShare
Bonnie Erickson1,14398.4%
write-in181.6%

Bonnie Erickson is unopposed.

County Clerk of District Court Benson

CandidateVotesShare
Emily Yri1,14499.3%
write-in80.7%

Emily Yri is unopposed.

County Commissioner District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Ron Stadum35495.7%
write-in164.3%

Ron Stadum is unopposed.

County Commissioner District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Shawn Trottier17591.1%
write-in178.9%

Shawn Trottier is unopposed.

County Commissioner District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Ann M. Wadsworth9158.0%
Jake Ryan Johnson6038.2%
write-in63.8%

Ann M. Wadsworth ahead in Benson County.

County Official Newspaper Benson

CandidateVotesShare
Benson County Farmers Press1,178100.0%

Benson County Farmers Press is unopposed.

County Recorder Benson

CandidateVotesShare
Rhoda Pfeifer1,15299.2%
write-in90.8%

Rhoda Pfeifer is unopposed.

County Sheriff Benson

CandidateVotesShare
Laura Wanzek1,11597.5%
write-in292.5%

Laura Wanzek is unopposed.

County State's Attorney Benson

CandidateVotesShare
Amanda M. Klemetsrud1,12498.7%
write-in151.3%

Amanda M. Klemetsrud is unopposed.

Supervisor, Soil Conservation District North Central Soil Conservation District

CandidateVotesShare
Terry Smith1,11498.9%
write-in121.1%

Terry Smith is unopposed.

Judges

Judge of the District Court No. 3 Northeast

CandidateVotesShare
Anthony Swain Benson1,03698.6%
write-in151.4%

Anthony Swain Benson is unopposed. The contest crosses into 10 other counties; across all of them: Anthony Swain Benson 17,973 (99.3%).

Other local offices

Director, Garrison Diversion Conservancy Benson

CandidateVotesShare
David B. Johnson1,08698.5%
write-in171.5%

David B. Johnson is unopposed.

North Dakota's official results, file posted Nov 13, 6:21 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ND-ALR +1.4——

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Benson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris39.7%Donald Trump58.1%R +18.42,002
2020Joe Biden41.9%Donald Trump55.8%R +13.91,962
2016Hillary Clinton41.9%Donald Trump46.2%R +4.32,011
2012Barack Obama57.3%Mitt Romney40.2%D +17.02,157
2008Barack Obama66.1%John McCain32.6%D +33.52,374
2004John Kerry53.3%George W. Bush44.6%D +8.62,246
2000Al Gore44.2%George W. Bush49.0%R +4.82,154

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +13.6.

Other counties in North Dakota

North Dakota results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until North Dakota certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. North Dakota's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.