North Dakota United States Senate election, 1982
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The 1982 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 2, 1982. The incumbent, Dem-NPL Senator Quentin Burdick, sought and received re-election to his fifth term, defeating Republican candidate Gene Knorr. [1]
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Only Burdick filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Gene Knorr. Burdick and Knorr won the primary elections for their respective parties. The Burdick campaign served as a prelude for politics to come for the state of North Dakota, as Burdick employed a sharp increase in television advertisement spending when compared with his campaigns in the past. Critics felt his reliance on negative portrayals, employing caricatures based on stereotypes revealed a conscious effort to elude head-to-head discussion of the issues. Knorr, a seasoned orator, was national debate champion during his time at Northwestern Law School. President George Bush Sr. (Vice President at the time under President Reagan) campaigned in state to support the Knorr campaign. Knorr followed his election defeat by returning to Washington, DC, where he took the postion of Staff Vice President with Philip Morris International.
One independent candidate, Anna B. Bourgois, also filed before the deadline, running under her self-created party titled God, Family, and Country. Bourgois would later run for North Dakota's other Senate seat an independent in 1986, challenging Mark Andrews. She received over 8,000 votes in the election, which is rather high for an independent. Some attribute her large number of votes to the name of her party - which was based on things that North Dakotans valued. Despite the results, unlike a Raplph Nader or a Ross Perot impact, Bourgois' campaign consisted of little more than a footnote, as opposed to being an active competitor for the seat.
[edit] Election results
| 1982 United States Senate election, North Dakota | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Quentin Burdick (incumbent) | 164,873 | 62.84 | ||
| Republican | Gene Knorr | 89,304 | 34.03 | ||
| Independent | Anna B. Bourgois | 8,288 | 3.13 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 262,465 | ||||
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