---
type: Person
title: "Dale Patten"
description: "ND Senate District 26 — ND State Senate District 26"
role: "ND Senate District 26"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "ND"
district: "ND State Senate District 26"
represents: "us/states/nd/districts/senate/26"
tenure:
  start: "2022-12-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "8bc20b6c-40fd-466d-b46d-5bced8849d56"
  office: "5f1e91d3-eaa7-4937-b614-f3c5c624f1de"
  tenure: "5bb38bc7-4d01-4071-9c80-7aa367bf3cb6"
  jurisdiction: "3f0ac46c-1579-46a8-9a28-a63ab0ee91c2"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, nd]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Dale Patten

Current ND Senate District 26 (ND State Senate District 26).

Represents [ND State Senate District 26](/us/states/nd/districts/senate/26.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).