Lloyd Omdahl

Lloyd Omdahl
Lloyd Omdahl
34th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
	In office; March 19, 1987 – December 15, 1992
Governor	George Sinner
Preceded by	Ruth Meiers
Succeeded by	Rosemarie Myrdal
Tax Commissioner of North Dakota
	In office; 1963–1966
Governor	William L. Guy
Preceded by	J. Arthur Engen
Succeeded by	Edwin O. Sjaasstad
Personal details
Born	January 5, 1931; Conway, North Dakota, U.S.
Died	April 14, 2024 (aged 93); Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-NPL
Alma mater	University of North Dakota
Occupation	professor

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.^[1] 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^[2]^[3] 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%).^[4] 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%).^[4]

Omdahl died in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on April 14, 2024, at the age of 93.^[5]

References

^ "North Dakota's Historic Gubernatorial Power Shift". KFYR-TV. 2010-11-08. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ "Want to vote? No problem here". The Telegraph. 1980-08-28. p. 16.
^ Biographical Directory. The Association. 1973. p. 365.
^ ^a ^b Our Campaigns Retrieved 2014-02-12.
^ Former North Dakota Lt. Gov. Lloyd Omdahl dies at age 93

External links

Lloyd Omdahl: A Historian's Perspective

Party political offices
Preceded by Albert Heide	Democratic nominee for North Dakota Secretary of State 1960	Succeeded by Larry Schneider
Preceded by Ruth Meiers	Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota 1988	Succeeded by Julie Hill
Political offices
Preceded by J. Arthur Engen	Tax Commissioner of North Dakota 1963–1966	Succeeded by Edwin O. Sjaasstad
Preceded by Ruth Meiers	Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota 1987–1992	Succeeded by Rosemarie Myrdal

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[historic-1] "North Dakota's Historic Gubernatorial Power Shift". KFYR-TV. 2010-11-08. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

[want-2] "Want to vote? No problem here". The Telegraph. 1980-08-28. p. 16.

[3] Biographical Directory. The Association. 1973. p. 365.

[:0-4] Our Campaigns Retrieved 2014-02-12.

[5] Former North Dakota Lt. Gov. Lloyd Omdahl dies at age 93

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v t e Governors and lieutenant governors of North Dakota
Governors	J. Miller A. Burke Shortridge Allin Briggs Devine Fancher White Sarles J. Burke Hanna Frazier Nestos Sorlie Maddock Shafer Langer O. Olson Moodie Welford Langer Moses Aandahl Brunsdale Davis Guy Link A. Olson Sinner Schafer Hoeven Dalrymple Burgum Armstrong (elect)
Lieutenant governors	Dickey Allin Wallace Worst Devine Bartlett Lewis Burdick Kraabel Fraine Kraabel Wood Hyland Maddock Carr Olson Welford Thoresen Patterson Oscar Hagen Holt Dahl Schnell Dahl Duffy Dahl Hagen Wenstrom Tighe Larsen Sanstead Sands Meiers Omdahl Myrdal Dalrymple Wrigley Sanford T. Miller Strinden (elect)

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