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Republican Party gains the most votes in District Six's primary

By Scott Wagar

06/19/2012

The primary election for North Dakota’s congressional candidates brought a good number of voters out in the Sixth District during the June 12 election, which also brought a great deal of attention to one of Bottineau’s own.

REPUBLICANS:

In the election for the Republican candidate as its Congressional representative on the general election, one of Bottineau’s hometown boys, Brian Kalk, who is presently a North Dakota public service commissioner, ran a lengthy and strong campaign to win the bid on the November ballot. However, he fell just short of his goal losing to fellow public service commissioner, Kevin Cramer.

However, in the Sixth District, Kalk won easily against Cramer by receiving 1,146 votes (79.36 percent) to Cramer’s 298 votes (20.64).
When it came to the Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate, Rick Berg defeated Duane Sand with 66 percent of the vote. In the Sixth District, Berg obtained 963 votes (68 percent) with Sand receiving 448 votes (32 percent).

DEMOCRATS:

On the Democratic side, Heidi Heitkamp ran unopposed for the U.S. Senate and received 716 votes through the Sixth District’s vote. Heitkamp will face off against Berg in the November election.

Pam Gulleson also ran unopposed for the U.S. House on the democratic side receiving 623 votes. She will face Cramer in the general election.
The general election will be on Tuesday, November 6.