2018 North Dakota precinct and election shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 08/03/2021 ## Sources Election results from North Dakota Secretary of State (https://results.sos.nd.gov/Default.aspx?map=Cty) Precinct shapefile primarily from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes Office Codes A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LAN - Commissioner of General Land Office LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SBE - State Board of Education SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G18USSRCRA - Kevin Cramer (Republican Party) G18USSDHEI - Keidi Heitkamp (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party) G18USSOWRI - Write-in Votes G18HALRARM - Kelly Armstrong (Republican Party) G18HALDSCH - Mac Schneider (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party) G18HALITUT - Charles Tuttle (Independent) G18HALOWRI - Write-in Votes G18SOSDBOS - Josh Boschee (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party) G18SOSICOA - Michael Coachman (Independent) G18SOSIJAE - Alvin A. Jaeger (Independent) G18SOSOWRI - Write-in Votes G18ATGRSTE - Wayne Stenhjem (Republican Party) G18ATGDTHO - David Clark Thompson (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party) G18ATGOWRI - Write-in Votes G18AGRRGOE - Doug Goehring (Republican Party) G18AGRDDOT - Jim Dotzenrod (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party) G18AGROWRI - Write-in Votes G18PSCRCHR - Randy Christmann (Republican Party) G18PSCDBRA - Jean Brandt (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party) G18PSCOWRI - Write-in Votes G18PSCRKRO - Brian K. Kroshus (Republican Party) G18PSCDBUC - Casey Buchmann (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party) G18PSCOWR2 - Write-in Votes G18TAXRRAU - Ryan Rauschenberger (Republican Party) G18TAXDOVE - Kylie Oversen (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party) G18TAXOWRI - Write-in Votes ## Processing Steps Precincts in the following cities were edited to align with 2018 corporate boundaries: Bismarck, Bottineau, Bowman, Carrington, Devils Lake, Elgin, Dickinson, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Killdeer, Lincoln, Minot, Valley City, Watford. New Town and Stanley were edited to match the voter file. The following additional modifications were made to recreate the 2018 precinct boundaries. Burleigh: Adjust 07-01/28-03 Grant: Merge 31-01/31-04 as Rural Grant Mercer: Add wards for Beulah and Hazen Mountrail: Merge 04-04/04-06 as Precinct 5 Oliver: Adjust Center 2/7 to match county map Pierce: Align Rugby wards with 2015 ordinance Richland: Merge 25-03/25-10 as Wahpeton Comm Center Ward: Merge 40-01/40-02 as Ruthville