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U.S. Senator · North Dakota
Kevin Cramer
RepublicanState R+18119th Congress
Typical swing score46#44 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Kevin Cramer’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office313 Hart 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 6 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 237, S. 315, S. 567, S. 850, S. 1467 and 1 more.
- Weak8th most moderate of 53 Senate RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.401 vs. the Senate Republican median of +0.558: 0.157 toward the Democrats (rank 8 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, 2025 – January 3, 2031
- Senate class
- Class 1
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 5, 2030
- Years in office
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesMajority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on AirlandChairman
- Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsMajority · 11th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Cramer← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.401 is 0.16 to the left of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average- 119th Congress96Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 787VetPAC Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 53
| Middle |
| S. 1318Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act |