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FARGO -- Former Sen. Byron Dorgan predicts state Democrats will rebound after losing all state races and several legislative seats in last week’s election, which he attributes to voters in the state opposing Democrat Hillary Clinton.

“When the top of your ticket is getting 28 percent of the vote, it is devastating to the entire ticket,” Dorgan told WDAY Radio’s Sandy Buttweiller on Thursday.

Dorgan, a Democrat who retired from the Senate in 2011 after 30 years in Congress, said it’s not good for more than 80 percent of state legislative seats to be held by Republicans.

“That’s not helpful to the state and not good for the state because you don’t have diversity,” he said.

Dorgan described the overwhelming support in North Dakota for Donald Trump as a “tidal wave,” but said he had 12 successful state campaigns as a Democrat and he expects the party will be back.

“These things come in waves and there will be a wave coming the other direction, mark my words,” he said.