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Steele County, North Dakota

2026 election results. Julie Fedorchak (R) got 56% of the North Dakota at-large vote in Steele County. Below are also 14 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Steele County

U.S. House: North Dakota at-large

Julie Fedorchak
55.9%387
Trygve Hammer
39.9%276
Charles Tuttle
2.7%19
Helene Neville
1.4%10
100% counted

Whole district: Julie Fedorchak wins. Called.

The leader in Steele 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.

14 local contests in Steele County

County offices and judges on Steele 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 Steele

CandidateVotesShare
Jana Flaten63998.6%
write-in91.4%

Jana Flaten is unopposed.

County Commissioner By District District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Brandon Oxton12998.5%
write-in21.5%

Brandon Oxton is unopposed.

County Commissioner By District District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Perry Brown13199.2%
write-in10.8%

Perry Brown is unopposed.

County Commissioner By District District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Chris Grandalen11296.6%
write-in43.4%

Chris Grandalen is unopposed.

County Official Newspaper Steele

CandidateVotesShare
Steele County Press537100.0%

Steele County Press is unopposed.

County Sheriff Steele

CandidateVotesShare
Wayne Beckman64698.6%
write-in91.4%

Wayne Beckman is unopposed.

County Treasurer Steele

CandidateVotesShare
Sady Verke61299.8%
write-in10.2%

Sady Verke is unopposed.

Supervisor, Soil Conservation District Steele County Soil Conservation District

CandidateVotesShare
Carissa Morman59199.7%
write-in20.3%

Carissa Morman is unopposed.

Judges

Judge of the District Court No. 1 East Central

CandidateVotesShare
Susan L Bailey58199.8%
write-in10.2%

Susan L Bailey is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Susan L Bailey 49,194 (98.8%).

Judge of the District Court No. 5 East Central

CandidateVotesShare
Reid Brady56499.8%
write-in10.2%

Reid Brady is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Reid Brady 48,947 (99.1%).

Judge of the District Court No. 7 East Central

CandidateVotesShare
Wade Webb57599.8%
write-in10.2%

Wade Webb is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Wade Webb 49,326 (99.0%).

Judge of the District Court No. 9 East Central

CandidateVotesShare
Stephannie Stiel56899.8%
write-in10.2%

Stephannie Stiel is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Stephannie Stiel 48,884 (99.2%).

Judge of the District Court No. 11 Unexpired 4-Year Term East Central

CandidateVotesShare
Cherie L Clark56299.8%
write-in10.2%

Cherie L Clark is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Cherie L Clark 48,691 (99.1%).

Judge of the District Court No. 10 Unexpired 4-Year Term East Central

CandidateVotesShare
Stephanie R Hayden56499.8%
write-in10.2%

Stephanie R Hayden is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Stephanie R Hayden 48,703 (99.2%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ND-ALR +16.7——

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 Steele County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris36.2%Donald Trump61.3%R +25.11,015
2020Joe Biden36.0%Donald Trump59.9%R +23.91,088
2016Hillary Clinton36.1%Donald Trump53.9%R +17.7999
2012Barack Obama49.7%Mitt Romney47.8%D +1.91,042
2008Barack Obama59.5%John McCain39.1%D +20.31,032
2004John Kerry50.8%George W. Bush48.3%D +2.51,213
2000Al Gore39.3%George W. Bush54.1%R +14.91,210

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 +10.2.

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.