Buuxi weedha soo socota: 1910, wuxuu u tartamay hanti-dhowrka gobolka isagoo ka soo horjeeda Jamhuuriga Gunder Olson bishii Sebtember waxaa loo magacaabay guddoomiye ku xigeenka xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee gobolka, laakiin waa laga adkaaday. Ka dib markii uu iscasilay madaxweynihii hore ee guddiga Arthur LeSueur 17kii Maajo, 1911, doorasho gaar ah ayaa la qabtay 6dii Juun, Halvorson wuxuu si dhib yar uga adkaaday Dorr H. Carroll iyo Peter Vandenoever 232 cod oo ka dhan ah 196 iyo 94 cod. Sanadihii 1912, 1914, iyo 1918, Halvorson wuxuu u tartamay degmada saddexaad ee North Dakota, laakiin labadii jeerba wuu lumiyay iyadoo muujintiisa ugu fiicnayd ay ahayd 31.16%. Wuxuu wakiil uga ahaa
1916 Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga wuxuuna taageero siiyay madaxweynihii xilka hayey Woodrow Wilson.