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Nelson County, North Dakota

2026 election results. Julie Fedorchak (R) got 56% of the North Dakota at-large vote in Nelson County. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Nelson County

U.S. House: North Dakota at-large

Julie Fedorchak
56.4%697
Trygve Hammer
39.6%490
Charles Tuttle
2.9%36
Helene Neville
1.1%13
100% counted

Whole district: Julie Fedorchak wins. Called.

The leader in Nelson 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, 7:12 PM.

10 local contests in Nelson County

County offices and judges on Nelson 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 Commissioner District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Michael Haugland1,04398.9%
write-in121.1%

Michael Haugland is unopposed.

County Commissioner District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Aaron Mork1,00096.3%
write-in383.7%

Aaron Mork is unopposed.

County Commissioner District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Cameron Swenson1,03798.6%
write-in151.4%

Cameron Swenson is unopposed.

County Official Newspaper Nelson

CandidateVotesShare
The Lakota American909100.0%

The Lakota American is unopposed.

County Sheriff Nelson

CandidateVotesShare
Kurt Schwind1,02595.4%
write-in494.6%

Kurt Schwind is unopposed.

County State's Attorney Nelson

CandidateVotesShare
Joshua Frey1,04499.7%
write-in30.3%

Joshua Frey is unopposed.

Supervisor, Soil Conservation District Nelson County Soil Conservation District

CandidateVotesShare
Scott Sand1,10999.4%
write-in70.6%

Scott Sand is unopposed.

Judges

Judge of the District Court No. 2 Unexpired 4-Year Term Northeast Central

CandidateVotesShare
Theodore T Sandberg55653.2%
Sarah M Kyte48446.3%
write-in50.5%

Theodore T Sandberg ahead in Nelson County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Theodore T Sandberg 9,136 (55.7%), Sarah M Kyte 7,191 (43.9%).

Judge of the District Court No. 5 Northeast Central

CandidateVotesShare
M Jason McCarthy98299.5%
write-in50.5%

M Jason McCarthy is unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: M Jason McCarthy 15,237 (99.1%).

Judge of the District Court No. 6 Unexpired 4-Year Term Northeast Central

CandidateVotesShare
Kristi Pettit Venhuizen98299.4%
write-in60.6%

Kristi Pettit Venhuizen is unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Kristi Pettit Venhuizen 15,158 (99.1%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ND-ALR +17.4——

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 Nelson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris32.9%Donald Trump64.8%R +31.91,761
2020Joe Biden33.0%Donald Trump64.2%R +31.21,777
2016Hillary Clinton31.2%Donald Trump59.7%R +28.51,717
2012Barack Obama45.7%Mitt Romney51.5%R +5.81,678
2008Barack Obama51.8%John McCain45.7%D +6.11,752
2004John Kerry40.5%George W. Bush57.6%R +17.11,922
2000Al Gore37.3%George W. Bush56.0%R +18.71,840

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 +13.2.

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.