Sen. Kevin Cramer
Senator for North Dakota
pronounced KEH-vin // KRAY-mer
Cramer is the junior senator from North Dakota and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Cramer is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 63 years old.
He was previously the representative for North Dakota’s at-large district as a Republican from 2013 to 2018.
![Photo of Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412555-200px.jpeg)
Our work to hold Congress accountable only matters if elections are decided by counting votes. President Trump, his advisors and associates, and Republican legislators collaborated to have the 2020 presidential election decided by themselves rather than by voters through their attempts to suppress state-certified election results at both the state and national level.
Cramer was among the Republican legislators who participated in this. Cramer offered to raise funds for the Trump Campaign’s efforts to contest the election results.
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Cramer.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Cramer is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Cramer has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Jul 11, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Kevin Cramer sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Seapower subcommittee Ranking Member
Readiness and Management Support, Strategic Forces subcommittees -
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee Ranking Member
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Enacted Legislation
Cramer was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- S. 3323 (117th): Veterans Justice Outreach Improvement Act of 2021
- S. 2433 (117th): Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2021
- H.R. 6038 (115th): To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota.
- H.R. 6039 (115th): To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2154 (115th): To rename the Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center in Fargo, North Dakota, as the Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center.
- H.R. 1168 (114th): Native American Children’s Safety Act
- H.R. 767 (113th): To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.
Does 7 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Cramer sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (24%) Water Resources Development (15%) International Affairs (15%) Taxation (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Families (9%) Law (9%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Cramer recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 4652: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to …
- S. 4493: A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to create a …
- S. 4404: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located …
- S.Res. 591: A resolution reaffirming the deep and steadfast partnership between, and the ties that …
- S. 3880: FASTA Reform Act of 2024
- S. 3783: A bill to require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States …
- S. 3768: A bill to extend and modify the transportation grant program of the Department …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Jul 2024, Cramer missed 199 of 2,222 roll call votes, which is 9.0%. This is much worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
