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Heidi Heitkamp (D) - Incumbent (2013)
First female Senator from North Dakota
Ran unopposed in the Democratic primary
Typically votes with both sides(seen as a moderate/centrist)

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Kevin Cramer (R) - Current House Representative
Only Representative for North Dakota
Won against Thomas O'Neill in the Republican primary
Votes with party

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Presidential Election 2016 - 64% voted with Donald Trump
Presidential Election 2012 - 59% voted with Mitt Romney
ND typically is dominated by the Republican party
Voter turnout for 2016 Presidential Election - 60.1%
Voter Registration:
No voter registration(for party affiliation - you have to vote along party lines otherwise the vote isn't counted) - the only state without voter registration
Must bring an acceptable form of ID in order to vote
*** Native Americans with their addresses as post office boxes can't vote now because of legislation passed requiring  a street address

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Fox News (10/31):
-Poll of likely voters
-Kevin Cramer lead with 51% of votes
-Heidi Heitkamp behind with 42% of votes
-Sample size: 851 of eligible voters
-Margin of error: +/- 3%
-Poll conducted by Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R)
-Credibility: the poll randomly took phone numbers representative proportionally, along with the margin of error being low
Endorsements:
Cramer: endorsed by President Donald Trump, VP Mike Pence, Senator John Hoeven(R-ND)
Heitkamp: endorsed by Former VP Joe Biden, Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Big Issues:
-Trade war between China and the US(National)
-Soybeans is a cash crop in ND, that is exported to China
-Brett Kavanaugh's nomination
-Heitkamp voted against, making her less favorable in the Republican dominated North Dakota

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Kevin Cramer will receive the majority of votes, and unseat the incumbent Heidi Heitkamp.
Evidence:
The vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination
-ND is mostly Republican, and with Kavanaugh being nominated by a Republican president, Heitkamp going against the nomination will prove detrimental.
President Donald Trump & the trade war with China
-With the trade war between the US and China affecting the export of soybeans, the income of farmers in North Dakota is being drastically impacted.
Alternate Perspective
-A weakness in the evidence would be that there's a move away from the production of soybeans towards wheat due to the trade war

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