Kevin Cramer
Republican · ND · U.S. Senate
Bio
Kevin John Cramer is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator for North Dakota since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he represented North Dakota's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 13.6 years
- Chambers
- House 6y, Senate 7.6y
- First took office
- 2013 (5 terms)
- Seniority
- 58 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 65
- Senate class
- 1 · junior senator
- Bismarck, ND · 701-204-0500
- Fargo, ND · 701-232-5094
- Grand Forks, ND · 701-402-4540
- Minot, ND · 701-837-6141
- Williston, ND · 701-441-7230
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $653k – $1.3M
- Liabilities
- $250k – $500k
- Net worth
- $153k – $1.1M
- Since 2018
- +$199k
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Kevin Cramer's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Kevin Cramer (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Cramersits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Armed Servicescenter · 27 members
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairscenter · 24 members
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Workscenter · 19 members
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairscenter · 19 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Cramer's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Kevin Cramer Threatens Trump’s Nominations Over Conservation Policy That Inflamed Property OwnersRepublican North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer put a hold on “any and all” of President Donald Trump’s nominees.
The Daily Caller · August 20, 2026
Who Will Inherit the MAGA Movement in 2028? | Balance of Power: 08/06/2026"Balance of Power: Late Edition" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. Republican Senator Kevin Cramer of ...
Biztoc.com · August 6, 2026
Senate Introduces Bill To Shield Insurers Covering Cannabis BusinessesTwo Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would provide a safe harbor for insurance companies that cover legal cannabis businesses, as insurers fear federal prosecution due to the federal illegality of the substance. Kevin Cramer, Republican Senator…
Biztoc.com · July 27, 2026
MAGA senator winces as Trump uses Lindsey Graham's death for 'own purposes': reportWhile the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spent his final days aggressively pushing for the United States to impose stricter sanctions on Russia, President Donald Trump has instead said passing a cryptocurrency bill would be the best way to “honor” Graham’s…
Raw Story · July 14, 2026
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