John Hoeven
Republican · ND · U.S. Senate
Bio
John Henry Hoeven III is an American politician and banker serving as the senior U.S. senator from North Dakota, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Hoeven served as the 31st governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 15.6 years
- First took office
- 2011 (3 terms)
- Seniority
- 42 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 69
- Senate class
- 3 · senior senator
- Bismarck, ND · 701-250-4618
- Fargo, ND · 701-239-5389
- Grand Forks, ND · 701-746-8972
- Minot, ND · 701-838-1361
- Watford City, ND · 701-609-2727
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
- $38.4M – $99.2M
- Liabilities
- $0 – $0
- Net worth
- $38.4M – $99.2M
- Since 2017
- +$22.2M
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
John Hoeven'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
John Hoeven (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Hoevensits 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 Indian Affairscenter · 11 members
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestrycenter · 23 members
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 29 membersEnergy and Water DevelopmentDepartment of Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related AgenciesTransportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Chairman)Department of Defense
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcescenter · 20 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Hoeven'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
Unusual Trump mind game revealed by GOP senatorA Republican lawmaker argued Friday that President Donald Trump was using an unconventional move — and playing mind games — with Iran's leader.Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) told TMZ that when Trump refers to the ayatollah as "the gay ayatollah" it's on purpose."The…
Raw Story · August 7, 2026
JD Vance fails to win over wary Republicans as deadline for Trump scheme looms: reportVice President JD Vance walked away from The Hill empty-handed on Wednesday after he tried to win over Republicans who are wary of the $95 billion reconciliation package that President Donald Trump is trying to push through Congress before the midterms, accor…
Raw Story · July 16, 2026
Transcript: Trump Screws Himself So Badly on Tex Race that GOP StunnedThe following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 20 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.Donald Trump j…
The New Republic · May 20, 2026
Trump is 'in a bad mood' and ready to start a Cabinet firing spree: GOP senatorWith three Cabinet members ousted by Donald Trump since March 5, a handful of Republican senators are growing anxious for several reasons that the firing hammer is about to drop on more, in part because the president is in a “bad mood” with his administration…
Raw Story · April 23, 2026
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