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
- 15.7 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.
Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.
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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 · 28 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
Republicans Lash Out When Asked How Mitch McConnell Is DoingRepublicans are literally running away from questions about Mitch McConnell.Kentucky Senator Rand Paul refused to acknowledge RawStory’s Adam Nichols when the digital site’s editor in chief asked about McConnell’s ability to remain in office, rushing into an …
The New Republic · September 24, 2026
Mitch McConnell Has to Be Told How to Vote in Latest AppearanceSenator Mitch McConnell’s handlers would like the American public to believe that he’s still physically and mentally fit to be in office, but that no longer seems to be the case.The longtime Kentucky Republican suddenly reappeared in Congress this week after …
The New Republic · September 17, 2026
GOP senator tries to tell soft-spoken Mitch McConnell how to vote during farm bill markupWhen his name was called by the clerk, McConnell, 84, began to lift his finger and appeared ready to vote “aye” on moving the legislation forward. At nearly the exact same moment, Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), who was seated next to McConnell, turned to him, lea…
New York Post · September 17, 2026- WATCH: Sheehy Speaks Against Iran War Powers Resolution on Senate Floor (TRANSCRIPT and link to his powerful remarks)
TRANSCRIPT Below: Senator Tim Sheehy, a Republican from Montana and former Navy SEAL, delivered a powerful July 2026 Senate floor speech recounting Iran's 47-year conflict with the US. TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota - Acting President…
Freerepublic.com · September 1, 2026
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