Kelly Armstrong Projected to Win North Dakota Governor's Race

Republican Kelly Armstrong is set to succeed Doug Burgum, continuing the GOP's long-standing control in North Dakota.

Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota's lone congressman, defeated Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller in the Republican primary earlier this year.
In the general election, Armstrong faced Democratic state Sen. Merrill Piepkorn and independent candidate Michael Coachman.
Armstrong has served in the U.S. House since 2018 and was previously a state senator and GOP chairman.
North Dakota has not elected a Democrat to a statewide office since 2012, and Republicans have held the governor's office since 1992.
Armstrong plans to resign his House seat early to assume the governor's office on December 15, potentially affecting the GOP's slim majority in Congress.