2024 North Dakota State Auditor election

2024 North Dakota State Auditor election

November 5, 2024
 
Nominee Josh Gallion Timothy Lamb
Party Republican Democratic–NPL
Popular vote 241,270 108,962
Percentage 68.7% 31.0%

Gallion:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Lamb:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No votes

State Auditor before election

Josh Gallion
Republican

Elected State Auditor

Josh Gallion
Republican

The 2024 North Dakota State Auditor election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the North Dakota state auditor. Primary elections took place on June 11, 2024.[1] In the general contest, Republican incumbent Josh Gallion was handily re-elected for a third term, defeating Democratic–NPL candidate Timothy Lamb.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Josh Gallion (incumbent) 81,069 99.24%
Write-in 617 0.76%
Total votes 81,686 100.00%

Democratic-NPL primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Timothy Lamb, lawyer and nominee for attorney general in 2022[4]

Results

Democratic–NPL primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic–NPL Timothy Lamb 18,987 99.76%
Write-in 45 0.24%
Total votes 19,032 100.00%

General election

Results

2024 North Dakota State Auditor election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Josh Gallion (incumbent) 241,270 68.74%
Democratic–NPL Timothy Lamb 108,962 31.04%
Write-in 761 0.22%
Total votes 350,993 100.00%
Republican hold

By county

County Josh Gallion
Republican
Tim Lamb
Democratic–NPL
Write-ins
# % # % # %
Adams 932 79.45% 240 20.46% 1 0.09%
Barnes 3,417 66.76% 1,696 33.14% 5 0.10%
Benson 1,122 58.99% 778 50.90% 2 0.11%
Billings 526 82.7% 107 16.82% 3 0.47%
Bottineau 2,563 76.64% 776 23.21% 5 0.15%
Bowman 1,342 85.21% 230 14.60% 3 0.19%
Burke 889 86.82% 134 13.09% 1 0.10%
Burleigh 36,362 73.09% 13,220 26.57% 167 0.34%
Cass 48,704 55.96% 38,124 43.81% 203 0.23%
Cavalier 1,418 74.75% 476 25.09% 3 0.16%
Dickey 1,788 75.67% 575 24.33% 0 0.0%
Divide 902 78.37% 249 21.63% 0 0.0%
Dunn 1,795 83.64% 348 16.22% 3 0.14%
Eddy 846 72.12% 327 27.88% 0 0.0%
Emmons 1,602 87.78% 220 12.05% 3 0.16%
Foster 1,290 78.37% 353 21.45% 3 0.18%
Golden Valley 800 84.30% 149 15.70% 0 0.0%
Grand Forks 17,767 60.24% 11,654 39.51% 75 0.25%
Grant 1,095 84.69% 196 15.16% 2 0.15%
Griggs 945 76.64% 286 23.20% 2 0.16%
Hettinger 1,051 84.08% 199 15.92% 0 0.0%
Kidder 1,118 82.39% 238 17.54% 1 0.07%
LaMoure 1,551 75.33% 508 24.67% 0 0.0%
Logan 846 85.98% 137 13.92% 1 0.10%
McHenry 2,129 79.83% 535 20.06% 3 0.11%
McIntosh 1,096 81.97% 240 17.95% 1 0.07%
McKenzie 4,448 84.24% 816 15.45% 16 0.30%
McLean 4,121 78.42% 1,126 21.43% 8 0.15%
Mercer 3,645 83.35% 724 16.56% 4 0.09%
Morton 12,063 75.79% 3,815 23.97% 38 0.24%
Mountrail 2,761 70.13% 1,170 29.72% 6 0.15%
Nelson 1,076 63.44% 620 36.56% 0 0.0%
Oliver 878 83.86% 167 15.95% 2 0.19%
Pembina 2,305 76.43% 709 23.51% 2 0.07%
Pierce 1,477 76.89% 441 22.96% 3 0.16%
Ramsey 3,489 69.10% 1,551 30.72% 9 0.18%
Ransom 1,565 61.88% 961 38.00% 3 0.12%
Renville 972 82.37% 207 17.54% 1 0.08%
Richland 5,372 68.35% 2,477 31.52% 10 0.13%
Rolette 1,293 33.14% 2,606 66.79% 3 0.08%
Sargent 1,207 61.24% 753 38.20% 11 0.56%
Sheridan 621 84.95% 107 14.64% 3 0.41%
Sioux 293 31.27% 643 68.62% 1 0.11%
Slope 347 90.36% 37 9.64% 0 0.0%
Stark 11,901 82.70% 2,454 17.05% 35 0.24%
Steele 619 83.29% 358 36.61% 1 0.10%
Stutsman 6,588 71.59% 2,605 28.31% 9 0.10%
Towner 764 71.27% 308 28.73% 0 0.0%
Traill 2,583 65.86% 1,130 31.8% 9 0.23%
Walsh 3,109 71.24% 1,250 28.64% 5 0.11%
Ward 20,133 73.75% 7,109 26.04% 58 0.21%
Wells 1,761 81.23% 405 18.68% 2 0.09%
Williams 11,983 84.17% 2,218 15.58% 35 0.25%
Totals 241,270 68.74% 108,982 31.04% 761 0.22%

References

  1. ^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. ^ FULTON, JACOB (December 20, 2023). "Gallion, Beadle, Christmann announce reelection bids". The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "North Dakota Secretary of State". results.sos.nd.gov. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Beach, Jeff (April 5, 2024). "Democrats field candidates for state auditor, PSC • North Dakota Monitor". North Dakota Monitor. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  5. ^ https://results.sos.nd.gov/ResultsSW.aspx?text=All&type=SW&map=CTY

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