Heidi Heitkamp Ousted by Republican Kevin Cramer From North Dakota Senate Seat

Heidi Heitkamp will go down in history as one who found the courage to vote against a Supreme Court nominee who had demonstrated partisan behaviors - and whose capacity for veracity and morals were questionable. I hope her star continues to rise, as more people realize we need legislators who have the courage to stand up for what is right, whatever the political cost. Thank You Heidi - May this be a minor setback in your career

Heidi Heitkamp will go down in history as one who found the courage to vote against a Supreme court nominee who had demonstrated strongly partisan leanings. May her career have more chapters, as people realize how much we need legislators who vote for what is right, no matter the political cost. Thank You Heidi!

One of the first big steps to make the House of Commons more democratic after the Glorious Revolution was to remove the rotten boroughs and replace them with new representatives in more populous regions such as Manchester and Liverpool. We have failed to take that democratic step in the United States and kept an outdated Electoral College system. North Dakota is an American version of a rotten borough, a state whose population continues to decline as a percentage of the U.S. and which gets a disproportionate representation, both in the Senate and in the presidential election.

This loss was caused yet again by voter suppression.To deny Native Americans the vote is appalling.I am sick of the GOP cheating to win races and think Heidi should get a do over.

No more "North Dakota nice." Now "it's go ahead and treat girls like meat, boys. Get your jollies off on em. Cover their mouths if they try to scream. We've got your backs. We'll just call those girls liars."

Let's not re-write history, here. Yes, Heidi lost to a poor winner, but her race was one of the few I avidly watched. She voted her ethics - against Kavanaugh - and the banner on the bottom of the teevee today says that 47% also oppose Kavanaugh, nationwide. He was a foul pick. It was a circus. And no one investigated. So, enough on knocking Heidi for a matter that this nation already knows was foul. That's "re-write" #1. "Re-write" #2 is the hard-core Voter Suppression that was done on Heidi's greatest supporters, the Native American residents of the reservations. That was a text-book case of throwing obstacles in the way of persons who have regularly and consistently voted all of their lives. This needs an investigation. This has become the norm of Republicans, nationwide, on how to suppress. The other rigged-games we have seen, nationwide, were, in Georgia, Kemp sitting on 70,000 applications; in Florida, the refusal to allow EX-felons to vote; and, in North Dakota, at the last second, demanding that every voter have a street address. That demand was legally ruled appropriate. Really? At the last second? Someone needs to check that Judge: Is he Federalist Society? One of those who do not oath to the US Constitution, but to their own secret society? My hope is that Heidi is the one to head up the investigation. Time to check out who these Judges are. We didn't on Kavanaugh. Let's do better on the others. My best to you, Heidi! You're a real American!

North Dakotans voted themselves more pain.

Mr. Cramer can thank voter suppression for his win. I'm sure he'll do all in his power to keep it going. Same for Mr Kemp in Georgia -- though his opponent, Ms. Abrams, has not yet conceded the race I'm glad to say. The Trump Party will always cheat if all else fails.

Well, soybean farmers, buckle up and save your money. You just elected a senator who blindly supports a man who is ruinous to your livelihood. And please, don't lament your dire situation and look for government support next year. It seems ironic that, with the Chinese now buying your product from Brazil rather than you, a Chinese saying seems so appropriate. "Be careful what you wish for because it just might come true."

There were slightly more than 322,600 votes cast in the North Dakota Senate election. Contrast that with the 314,199 votes cast in the HOUSE RACE for my home 17th district in Pennsylvania. There were also two other house races in Pennsylvania where more than that 322,600 votes were cast, and 3 PA house seat winners received more votes than Mr. Kramer. There are other states with only slightly larger turnouts than North Dakota, and only a slightly larger 339,154 votes were cast in the governor's race in South Dakota. The two senator per state allocation was designed by the founding fathers with Rhode Island in mind, a populous state restricted by geographical size. States like North and South Dakota, large geographical areas with proportionally sparse populations did not exist. I laughed the first time I heard Bill Maher say that one Dakota was plenty, but the numbers support his argument that some states are grossly over represented in the senate. The GOP has clearly been using those underpopulated states to their advantage in holding the Senate.

Too bad since moderates from both parties are what we need in government at all levels. I wonder if she would have lost without voter suppression?

As a contributor to Senator Heitkamp, I am sorry to see this result.

It's amazing that this article doesn't mention North Dakota's restrictive voting policies at all, especially when the Times has written about it previously.

I am disappointed that she lost, but more than anything I believe the result is due to the the change in economy by the discovery of the Parshall Oil Field in 2006. Fracking and drilling are the purview of Republicans - both in terms of the beneficiaries of the money and the on-the-ground workers. I see it is Wyoming - the vote for Republicans. The wealth that has been created in parts of North Dakota is staggering - so are the number of Republican voters that wish to enhance their wealth at the expense of everything else - including Ms. Heitkamp and the Native American vote.