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U.S. Senator · North Dakota
John Hoeven
RepublicanState R+18119th Congress
Typical swing score31#75 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact John Hoeven’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office338 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 5 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 5 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 237, S. 272, S. 315, S. 850, S. 3258.
- Weak10th most moderate of 53 Senate RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.403 vs. the Senate Republican median of +0.558: 0.155 toward the Democrats (rank 10 of 53 by distance toward the Democrats).
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumSafe Republican state: North Dakota is R+18North Dakota has a partisan lean of R+18 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 15.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMajority · 3rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology
- Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food SafetyChairman
- Senate Committee on AppropriationsMajority · 5th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Hoeven← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.403 is 0.16 to the left of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average- 119th Congress94Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 5535Eviction Crisis Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 31 | Middle |
| S.Res. 930A resolution expressing support for the recognition of October 2026, as "World Menopause Awareness Month" and for global awareness and access to care during menopausal transition and post-menopause.Summary on Congress.gov |