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Wells County, North Dakota

2026 election results. Julie Fedorchak (R) got 70% of the North Dakota at-large vote in Wells County. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Wells County

U.S. House: North Dakota at-large

Julie Fedorchak
69.9%1,064
Trygve Hammer
20.9%318
Charles Tuttle
7.4%113
Helene Neville
1.8%27
100% counted

Whole district: Julie Fedorchak wins. Called.

The leader in Wells 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, 7:52 PM.

8 local contests in Wells County

County offices, judges and other local offices on Wells 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 2

CandidateVotesShare
Richard Richter71752.6%
Scott Fetch63346.5%
write-in120.9%

Richard Richter ahead in Wells County.

County Commissioner District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Jason Schneider1,36499.3%
write-in100.7%

Jason Schneider is unopposed.

County Official Newspaper Wells

CandidateVotesShare
The Herald-Press1,398100.0%

The Herald-Press is unopposed.

County Sheriff Wells

CandidateVotesShare
Christopher Kluth78053.1%
Travis Tesch68146.3%
write-in90.6%

Christopher Kluth ahead in Wells County.

County State's Attorney Wells

CandidateVotesShare
Oliver Bromke1,29598.7%
write-in171.3%

Oliver Bromke is unopposed.

Supervisor, Soil Conservation District Wells County Soil Conservation District

CandidateVotesShare
Mick Thompson1,36799.3%
write-in100.7%

Mick Thompson is unopposed.

Judges

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

CandidateVotesShare
James T Shockman1,26999.3%
write-in90.7%

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

Other local offices

Director, Garrison Diversion Conservancy Wells

CandidateVotesShare
William Ongstad1,38298.9%
write-in151.1%

William Ongstad is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
ND-ALR +54.0——

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 Wells County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.0%Donald Trump80.6%R +62.62,253
2020Joe Biden18.6%Donald Trump79.7%R +61.12,374
2016Hillary Clinton17.6%Donald Trump75.4%R +57.82,383
2012Barack Obama28.3%Mitt Romney69.5%R +41.22,379
2008Barack Obama35.4%John McCain61.8%R +26.42,377
2004John Kerry33.5%George W. Bush64.6%R +31.12,561
2000Al Gore27.4%George W. Bush66.8%R +39.42,410

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 +23.2.

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.