2020 North Dakota precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
11/05/2021

## Sources
Election results from North Dakota Secretary of State (https://results.sos.nd.gov/Default.aspx).
Precinct shapefile from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program.

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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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, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special.
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
AGR - Agriculture Commissioner
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COC - Corporation Commissioner
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
INS - Insurance Commissioner
LAB - Labor Commissioner
LAN - Commissioner of Public Lands
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
RRC - Railroad Commissioner
SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals)
SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SSC - State Supreme Court
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
TRE - Treasurer
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
G20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party)
G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party)
G20PREOWRI - Write-in Votes

G20HALRARM - Kelly Armstrong (Republican Party)
G20HALDRAK - Zach Raknerud (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party)
G20HALLPET - Steven James Peterson (Libertarian Party)
G20HALOWRI - Write-in Votes

G20GOVRBUR - Doug Burgum (Republican Party)
G20GOVDLEN - Shelley Lenz (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party)
G20GOVLHEN - DuWayne Hendrickson (Libertarian Party)
G20GOVOWRI - Write-in Votes

G20AUDRGAL - Joshua C. Gallion (Republican Party)
G20AUDDHAR - Patrick Hart (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party)
G20AUDOWRI - Write-in Votes

G20TRERBEA - Thomas Beadle (Republican Party)
G20TREDHAU - Mark Haugen (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party)
G20TREOWRI - Write-in Votes

G20INSRGOD - Jon Godfread (Republican Party)
G20INSOWRI - Write-in Votes

G20PSCRKRO - Brian Kroshus (Republican Party)
G20PSCDBUC - Casey D. Buchmann (Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party)
G20PSCOWRI - Write-in Votes

## Processing Steps
Precincts in the following cities were edited to align with 2020 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 2020 precinct boundaries.

Burleigh: Merge 32-04 into 32-03, 32-05/06/07 as 32-04
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