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The2006 United States Senate election in North Dakota was held November 7, 2006. IncumbentDemocratic-NPL U.S. SenatorKent Conrad won re-election to a fourth term. This was one of five Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state thatGeorge W. Bush won in the2004 presidential election.
As of 2026[update], this is the last time where either party won every county for the Class 1 Senate seat in North Dakota.
PopularRepublican governorJohn Hoeven was heavily recruited by prominent national Republicans, includingKarl Rove andDick Cheney to run against Conrad. SurveyUSA polls showed that both Conrad and Hoeven had among the highest approval ratings of any Senators and governors in the nation. A poll conducted by PMR (8/26-9/3 MoE 3.9) forThe Forum of Fargo-Moorhead had as result for a hypothetical matchup: Hoeven-35%, Conrad-27%, Uncommitted-38%. This poll showed voter conflict between two very popular politicians in a small state where party loyalty is often trumped by personality. In late September 2005, Hoeven formally declined.[1] Hoeven later won North Dakota’s other U.S. Senate seat in2010 and was elected by a landslide, in that year's Republican midterm wave.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | November 6, 2006 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] | Safe D | November 6, 2006 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[4] | Safe D | November 6, 2006 |
| Real Clear Politics[5] | Safe D | November 6, 2006 |
| Source | Date | Kent Conrad (D-NPL) | Dwight Grotberg (R) |
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| Rasmussen[6] | January 30, 2006 | 59% | 31% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic–NPL | Kent Conrad (incumbent) | 150,146 | 68.83% | +7.46% | |
| Republican | Dwight Grotberg | 64,417 | 29.53% | −9.10% | |
| Independent | Roland Riemers | 2,194 | 1.01% | n/a | |
| Independent | James Germalic | 1,395 | 0.64% | n/a | |
| Majority | 85,729 | 39.30% | +16.56% | ||
| Turnout | 218,154 | 44.5% | |||
| Democratic–NPLhold | Swing | +8.3 | |||
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