Doug Goehring

Doug Goehring
Goehring in 2017
6th Agriculture Commissioner of North Dakota
Incumbent
Assumed office April 6, 2009
Governor	John Hoeven Jack Dalrymple Doug Burgum Kelly Armstrong
Preceded by	Roger Johnson
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Education	Bismarck State College

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 when Democratic-NPL incumbent Roger Johnson resigned to become president of the National Farmers Union.

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

External links

• North Dakota Department of Agriculture biography page