Lloyd B. Omdahl (January 5, 1931 – April 14, 2024) was an American politician who was the 34thlieutenant governor of North Dakota, taking office afterRuth Meiers died in 1987.^[1] GovernorGeorge A. Sinner was re-elected with Omdahl on theDemocratic-NPL ticketin 1988. He was the last Democrat to hold that role to date.

Previously, Omdahl was a professor of political science at theUniversity of North Dakota^[2][3] and was the Democratic nominee forNorth Dakota's at-large congressional district in1976. He won the Democratic primary with 46,382 votes (86.43%), defeating Torfin Teigen, who took 7,281 votes (13.57%).^[4] In the general election, he lost to incumbent Republican CongressmanMark Andrews by 181,018 votes (62.45%) to 104,263 votes (35.97%). Russell Kleppe of theAmerican Party took 4,600 votes (1.59%).^[4]

Omdahl died inGrand Forks, North Dakota, on April 14, 2024, at the age of 93.^[5]

• Lloyd Omdahl: A Historian's Perspective

• 1931 births
• 2024 deaths
• 20th-century North Dakota politicians
• Lieutenant governors of North Dakota
• North Dakota Democrats
• University of North Dakota faculty
• North Dakota tax commissioners
• People from Walsh County, North Dakota

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