The 1958 United States Senate election in North Dakota took place on November 4, 1958, to elect a member of the

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to represent the State of

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...

, concurrently with other Class 1 elections to the Senate and various other federal, state, and local elections. Incumbent

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Senator

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was re-elected to a fourth term, defeating a primary challenge from

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and winning the general election with 57.21% of the vote, defeating Democratic-NPL candidate Raymond G. Vendsel who won 41.49% of the vote. Two independent candidates, Arthur C. Townley and Custer Solem, also ran, had minimal impact on the outcome of the election, winning 1,700 (0.83%) and 973 (0.48%) votes, respectively. Townley was known as the creator of the National

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, and had previously sought North Dakota's other senate seat in 1956. This was the last time North Dakota's class 1 seat was won by a Republican until

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won it in

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Election results

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1958 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results
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Election results

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