Lloyd Omdahl

{{Short description|American politician (1931–2024)}}

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|name=Lloyd Omdahl

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|office1= 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota

|term_start1= March 19, 1987

|term_end1= December 15, 1992

|governor1= George Sinner

|predecessor1= Ruth Meiers

|successor1= Rosemarie Myrdal

|office2 = Tax Commissioner of North Dakota

|governor2 = William L. Guy

|term_start2 = 1963

|term_end2 = 1966

|predecessor2 = J. Arthur Engen

|successor2 = Edwin O. Sjaasstad

|birth_date= {{Birth date|1931|1|5|mf=y}}

|birth_place= Conway, North Dakota, U.S.

|death_date= {{Death date and age|2024|4|14|1931|1|5|mf=y}}

|death_place= Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.

|party= Democratic-NPL

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|occupation=professor

|alma_mater=University of North Dakota

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Lloyd B. Omdahl (January 5, 1931 – April 14, 2024) was an American politician who was the 34th lieutenant governor of North Dakota, taking office after Ruth Meiers died in 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=44342|title=North Dakota's Historic Gubernatorial Power Shift|accessdate=2010-11-11|date=2010-11-08|publisher=KFYR-TV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124231058/http://kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=44342|archive-date=2010-11-24|url-status=dead}} Governor George A. Sinner was re-elected with Omdahl on the Democratic-NPL ticket in 1988. He was the last Democrat to hold that role to date.

Previously, Omdahl was a professor of political science at the University of North Dakota{{cite news|title=Want to vote? No problem here|newspaper=The Telegraph|page=16|date=1980-08-28}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rnYKAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Omdahl,+lloyd%22+1931|title=Biographical Directory|publisher=The Association|year=1973|page=365}} and was the Democratic nominee for North Dakota's at-large congressional district in 1976. He won the Democratic primary with 46,382 votes (86.43%), defeating Torfin Teigen, who took 7,281 votes (13.57%).[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=757212 Our Campaigns] Retrieved 2014-02-12. In the general election, he lost to incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Andrews by 181,018 votes (62.45%) to 104,263 votes (35.97%). Russell Kleppe of the American Party took 4,600 votes (1.59%).

Omdahl, along with Buckshot Hoffner was one of the last two remaining members of the Executive Committee of the Non-Partisan League Nonpartisan League.

Omdahl died in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on April 14, 2024, at the age of 93.[https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/north-dakota/former-north-dakota-lt-gov-lloyd-omdahl-dies-at-age-93 Former North Dakota Lt. Gov. Lloyd Omdahl dies at age 93]