Doug Goehring

Doug Goehring
6th North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
Assumed office
April 6, 2009
Preceded by Roger Johnson
Personal details
Political party Republican

Doug Goehring is the current North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner. A Republican, he was appointed to the office by Governor John Hoeven on April 6, 2009 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Democratic-NPL incumbent Roger Johnson to become president of the National Farmers Union.[1]

Goehring had previously challenged Johnson in the 2004 and 2006 elections.

Electoral history

North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roger Johnson (inc.) 149,900 50.32
Republican Doug Goehring 148,017 49.68
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roger Johnson (inc.) 119,812 55.84
Republican Doug Goehring 94,736 44.16
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Goehring (inc.) 157,867 67.98
Democratic Merle Boucher 74,143 31.93
Write-ins Write-ins 216 0.09
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doug Goehring (inc.) 139,597 56.96
Democratic Ryan Taylor 105,094 42.88
Write-ins Write-ins 377 0.15

References

Preceded by
Roger Johnson
Agriculture Commissioner of North Dakota
April 6, 2009present
Succeeded by
incumbent


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