1926 United States Senate special election in North Dakota

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1926 United States Senate special election in North Dakota

| country = North Dakota

| flag_year = 1914

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1920 United States Senate election in North Dakota

| previous_year = 1920

| next_election = 1926 United States Senate election in North Dakota

| next_year = 1926 (regular)

| election_date = June 30, 1926

| image_size = x150px

| image1 = x150px

| nominee1 = Gerald Nye

| party1 = Nonpartisan League

| popular_vote1 = 79,709

| percentage1 = 50.19%

| image2 = x150px

| nominee2 = L. B. Hanna

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| alliance2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 59,499

| percentage2 = 37.46%

| image3 = x150px

| nominee3 = C. P. Stone

| party3 = Independent Republican (United States)

| popular_vote3 = 19,586

| percentage3 = 12.33%

| map_size = 250px

| map_image = 1926 United States Senate special election in North Dakota results map by county.svg

| map_caption =County results
Nye:{{legend0|#F6E8C3|40-50%}} {{legend0|#DFC27D|50-60%}} {{legend0|#BF812D|60-70%}} {{legend0|#8C510A|70-80%}}
Hanna:{{legend0|#FFB2B2|40-50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50-60%}}

| title = U.S. Senator

| before_election = Gerald Nye

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Gerald Nye

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

}}

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The 1926 United States Senate special election in North Dakota took place on June 30, 1926. On June 22, 1925, Republican Senator Edwin F. Ladd died in office. Governor Arthur G. Sorlie appointed Gerald Nye, a former congressional candidate and a prominent progressive activist, to fill Ladd's vacancy. A special election and regularly scheduled election were scheduled for the same year, though the special election, to fill the remaining months Ladd's term, took place months before the regularly scheduled election.

Nye won the endorsement of the Nonpartisan League and rejected any efforts by the state Republican Party to nominate him.{{cite news|date=March 31, 1926|title=Nye Says He Doesn't Want Nomination|work=Bismarck Tribune|location=Bismarck, N.D.|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79840173/the-bismarck-tribune/|access-date=June 19, 2021}} Meanwhile, the Democratic Party opted not to run a candidate, instead fusing with the Republicans to support the anti-Nonpartisan League campaign of former Governor Louis B. Hanna.{{cite news|date=March 4, 1926|title=Hanna To Oppose Nye in N. D.|work=Hope Pioneer|location=Hope, N.D.|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79840277/the-hope-pioneer/|access-date=June 19, 2021}} Separately, C. P. Stone, a businessman, ran as an Independent Republican candidate. All of the nominations were conducted under conventions, not primaries, because the election was a special election. Ultimately, Nye won a full term over his opponents by a healthy margin, winning 50% of the vote to Hanna's 37% and Stone's 12%.