The1926 United States Senate special election in North Dakota took place on June 30, 1926. On June 22, 1925, Republican SenatorEdwin F. Ladd died in office. GovernorArthur G. Sorlie appointedGerald Nye, a former congressional candidate and a prominent progressive activist, to fill Ladd's vacancy. A special election and regularly scheduled election were scheduled for the same year, though the special election, to fill the remaining months of Ladd's term, took place months before the regularly scheduled election.
Nye won the endorsement of theNonpartisan League and rejected any efforts by the state Republican Party to nominate him.[1] Meanwhile, the Democratic Party opted not to run a candidate, instead fusing with the Republicans to support the anti-Nonpartisan League campaign of former GovernorLouis B. Hanna.[2] Separately, C. P. Stone, a businessman, ran as an Independent Republican candidate. All of the nominations were conducted under conventions, not primaries, because the election was a special election. Ultimately, Nye won a full term over his opponents by a healthy margin, winning 50% of the vote to Hanna's 37% and Stone's 12%.
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