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Ward County, North Dakota

2026 election results. Julie Fedorchak (R) got 60% of the North Dakota at-large vote in Ward County. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Ward County

U.S. House: North Dakota at-large

Julie Fedorchak
60.0%9,812
Trygve Hammer
33.5%5,478
Charles Tuttle
4.7%768
Helene Neville
1.8%301
100% counted

Whole district: Julie Fedorchak wins. Called.

The leader in Ward 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.

7 local contests in Ward County

County offices, local measures and other local offices on Ward 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 Official Newspaper Ward

CandidateVotesShare
The Minot Daily News13,54385.3%
The Kenmare News2,34014.7%

The Minot Daily News ahead in Ward County.

County Sheriff Ward

CandidateVotesShare
Bob Roed13,79698.6%
write-in1961.4%

Bob Roed is unopposed.

County State's Attorney Ward

CandidateVotesShare
Andrew J Schultz13,35798.7%
write-in1791.3%

Andrew J Schultz is unopposed.

County Commissioner Ward 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
John Fjeldahl11,12250.5%
Jason T. Olson10,64748.4%
write-in2351.1%

John Fjeldahl and Jason T. Olson are unopposed.

Supervisor, Soil Conservation District Ward County Soil Conservation District

CandidateVotesShare
Jessica Bock13,49299.3%
write-in910.7%

Jessica Bock is unopposed.

Local measures

Surrey School District School District Measure No. 1 Surrey School District

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes44360.4%
No29039.6%

Yes ahead with 60.4% in Ward County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Yes 465 (59.5%), No 317 (40.5%).

Other local offices

Director, Garrison Diversion Conservancy Ward

CandidateVotesShare
Alan M. Walter13,41498.5%
write-in2051.5%

Alan M. Walter is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ND-ALR +28.3——

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 Ward County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris25.3%Donald Trump72.3%R +47.028,552
2020Joe Biden25.8%Donald Trump70.7%R +44.928,246
2016Hillary Clinton21.2%Donald Trump68.0%R +46.827,412
2012Barack Obama33.2%Mitt Romney63.7%R +30.625,463
2008Barack Obama39.6%John McCain58.8%R +19.225,621
2004John Kerry32.2%George W. Bush66.4%R +34.225,612
2000Al Gore33.5%George W. Bush62.3%R +28.822,482

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 +18.3.

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.