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Ransom County, North Dakota

2026 election results. Julie Fedorchak (R) got 52% of the North Dakota at-large vote in Ransom County. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Ransom County

U.S. House: North Dakota at-large

Julie Fedorchak
52.1%913
Trygve Hammer
41.3%724
Charles Tuttle
4.5%79
Helene Neville
2.0%35
100% counted

Whole district: Julie Fedorchak wins. Called.

The leader in Ransom 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, 9:02 PM.

9 local contests in Ransom County

County offices and judges on Ransom 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 Ransom

CandidateVotesShare
Nicole Gentzkow1,51698.5%
write-in231.5%

Nicole Gentzkow is unopposed.

County Official Newspaper Ransom

CandidateVotesShare
The Ransom County Gazette1,45383.9%
Enderlin Independent27816.1%

The Ransom County Gazette ahead in Ransom County.

County Recorder Ransom

CandidateVotesShare
Shelly Schwab1,50498.9%
write-in161.1%

Shelly Schwab is unopposed.

County Sheriff Ransom

CandidateVotesShare
Darren Benneweis1,59698.8%
write-in191.2%

Darren Benneweis is unopposed.

County State's Attorney Ransom

CandidateVotesShare
Fallon Kelly1,51697.9%
write-in332.1%

Fallon Kelly is unopposed.

County Treasurer Ransom

CandidateVotesShare
Kathie Erickson1,56899.1%
write-in140.9%

Kathie Erickson is unopposed.

County Commissioner Ransom 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Jarry Lautt1,07233.9%
Kevin Bishop1,05333.3%
Neil Olerud1,01132.0%
write-in240.8%

Jarry Lautt and Kevin Bishop ahead in Ransom County.

Supervisor, Soil Conservation District Ransom County Soil Conservation District

CandidateVotesShare
write-in185100.0%

Judges

Judge of the District Court No. 1 Unexpired 4-Year Term Southeast

CandidateVotesShare
James T Shockman1,49099.6%
write-in60.4%

James T Shockman is unopposed. The contest crosses into 13 other counties; across all of them: James T Shockman 23,169 (99.5%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ND-ALR +11.5——

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 Ransom County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris34.7%Donald Trump62.7%R +28.02,649
2020Joe Biden38.5%Donald Trump57.8%R +19.32,454
2016Hillary Clinton35.5%Donald Trump51.3%R +15.82,359
2012Barack Obama55.4%Mitt Romney41.6%D +13.82,425
2008Barack Obama56.4%John McCain41.0%D +15.32,433
2004John Kerry46.1%George W. Bush52.0%R +5.92,602
2000Al Gore39.7%George W. Bush54.7%R +15.02,719

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 +13.0.

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.