Results: Republican Sen. John Hoeven defeats Democrat Katrina Christiansen in North Dakota's US Senate election

• Sen. John Hoeven defeated Democrat Katrina Christiansen to represent North Dakota in the US Senate.

• Hoeven won both of his previous Senate terms with more than 76% of the vote.

• In 2021, he joined 18 of his Senate Republican colleagues to vote in favor of the Biden administration's $1 trillion infrastructure bill.

Republican incumbent Sen. John Hoeven defeated Democrat Katrina Christiansen in North Dakota to represent the state in the US Senate.

North Dakota's Senate race candidates

Hoeven, was first elected in 2010. In 2021, he joined 18 of his Senate Republican colleagues to vote in favor of the Biden administration's $1 trillion infrastructure bill.

Prior to being elected to the US Senate, Hoeven served for a decade as the state's governor. He was widely expected to cruise to victory; he won both of his previous Senate terms with more than 76% of the vote.

Christiansen is an engineering professor at the University of Jamestown, in Jamestown, North Dakota. The Democrat, who earned a Ph.D. in agricultural engineering, worked as a plant engineer at an ethanol facility for two years, and at an agricultural processor as a researcher.

She defeated Michael Steele in the Democratic primary, receiving over 76% of the vote.

North Dakota's voting history

The state voted for then-President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden by a margin of 33 percentage points in the 2020 election. North Dakota, a distinctly red state, has voted for the Republican candidate in all 14 presidential elections since 1968.

The money race

According to OpenSecrets, Hoeven raised $4.2 million, spent $4.8 million, and had $1.2 million cash on hand, as of October 19. His challenger, Christiansen, raised $92,623, spent $68,178, and had $24,445 cash on hand, as of October 19.

As of late October, several super PACs, national party committees, politically active nonprofits, and other non-candidate groups had combined to spend about $1.1 million to advocate for or against candidates in this race, including during the race's primary phase.

What experts say

The race between Hoeven and Christiansen was rated as "solid Republican" by Inside Elections, "solid Republican" by The Cook Political Report, and "safe Republican" by Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

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