Kevin Cramer
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RepublicanIn office since Jan 2019

Kevin Cramer

U.S. Senator from North Dakota since 2019. Ran in 7 elections between 1996 and 2024, winning 5. Next on the ballot in 2030.

U.S. Senator from North DakotaBorn 1961

In office
7 yrs
Since 2019
Bills became law
0
31 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed
3.5%
Chamber median 2.1%
With party
100%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+32.9
Won 2024
Next election
2030
Nov 5, 2030

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

  • Senate Committee on Armed ServicesAirland · ChairmanEmerging Threats and CapabilitiesReadiness and Management SupportStrategic Forces
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsFinancial Institutions and Consumer ProtectionHousing, Transportation, and Community DevelopmentSecurities, Insurance, and Investment
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksClean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyFisheries, Water, and WildlifeTransportation and Infrastructure · Chairman
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 31 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 119th Congress.

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Cramer sits in the U.S. Senate

Cramer is closer to the center than 58% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianCramerMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Tom Cotton, Todd Young, Chuck Grassley

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Cramer’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills23%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the U.S. Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Cramer’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Cramer was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2024U.S. Senate, North DakotaWonR+32.9R+37.4−4.5
2018U.S. Senate, North DakotaWonR+10.8R+39.6−28.8
2016U.S. House, ND-ALWonR+45.4R+39.6+5.8
2014U.S. House, ND-ALWonR+17.1R+20.2−3.1
2012U.S. House, ND-ALWonR+13.2R+20.2−7.0
1998U.S. House, ND-ALLostD+15.1R+7.8−22.9
1996U.S. House, ND-ALLostD+11.8R+7.8−19.6

Source: 99chambers results archive

Campaign money, 2023–24

Raised
$5.6M
Spent
$3.6M
Cash
$2.4M

Source: FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024Updated Oct 8, 2026, 10:37 AM ET

Seats Cramer has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Cramer has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive

In the polls

Included in 30 polls; Cramer’s best result was 65% (U.S. Senate in North Dakota, 2024).

Cramer’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

How we know Cramer

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET