AP: Republicans claim another seat in US Senate, with Cramer beating Heitkamp in North Dakota
Incumbent Heidi Heitkamp lost her attempt to retain her U.S. Senate seat.
Unofficial Election Day results, which are not yet certified, showed Republican challenger Kevin Cramer defeating her, The Associated Press reported.
Cramer, currently serving at North Dakota's sole U.S. House of Representatives legislator, has received support from President Donald Trump, going onstage during the president's speech at one of his rallies for candidates.
In 2012, U.S. Sen. Heitkamp, of the Democratic-NPL Party, was narrowly elected — receiving 50 percent of the vote, compared to her opponent’s 49 percent — after serving as the state’s attorney general.
North Dakota’s other U.S. senator, John Hoeven, was elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2016 on Republican tickets after serving as governor.