RepublicanKevin Cramer
U.S. Senator · North Dakota
U.S. Senator from North Dakota
13 tracked promises, 10 rated
North Dakota
Represents North Dakota statewide
How they won their seat
Kevin Cramer won the 2024 U.S. Senate election in North Dakota with 66.3% of the vote (241,569 votes).
- Kevin Cramer · Republican66.3%241,569
- Katrina Christiansen · Democrat33.4%121,602
- 1 Other Candidate0.3%1,156
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Kevin Cramer's record shows a concentration on issues related to agriculture, energy, and veterans' affairs, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025 and the Veterans Outdoor Rehabilitation Act. Additionally, his involvement in various Senate committees, particularly those focused on Armed Services and Environment and Public Works, further highlights his engagement in these areas. Focus areas (from the record): Agriculture · Energy · Veterans · Healthcare · Regulation · Border Security Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Cramer's sponsored bills and committee memberships reflect his declared positions on agriculture, energy, and veterans' issues. His voting record includes votes on border security and abortion. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills or the extent of their impact; There is no information on the outcomes of his committee work or how it translates to legislative success; The record does not provide insight into his interactions with constituents or how his positions are perceived by the public. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Kevin Cramer has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Activity in office
What Kevin Cramer has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$154K10%
- Large individual (itemized)$780K53%
- PAC / committee$536K36%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services — AirlandOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and CapabilitiesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — Readiness and Management SupportOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — Strategic ForcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Financial Institutions and Consumer ProtectionOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Housing, Transportation, and Community DevelopmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Securities, Insurance, and InvestmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and WaterOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+72 · based on 10 rated promises
- Attempted 3
- Partial 1
- Championed 2
- Fully Kept 4
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 10 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 50 |
| Jul 2026 | 70 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 68 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 |
| Jul 2026 | 80 |
| Jul 2026 | 77 |
| Jul 2026 | 76 |
| Jul 2026 | 72 |
| Jan 2031 | 72 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept10
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
13 promises across 13 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Abortion / Life1
- Abortion Funding1
- Agriculture / Farm Bill1
- Commerce / Notarization1
- Defense / Nuclear Modernization1
- Education1
- Energy1
- Energy / Climate1
- Government Reform / Regulation1
- Immigration1
- Immigration / Border Security1
- Social Security / Medicare1
- Taxes1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)13100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
13 tracked promises
“Cramer committed to fight for life at all stages and to vote against measures expanding abortion, framing it as a standing promise to his constituents.”
“Cramer committed to pursuing Social Security and Medicare solvency through incremental program changes affecting only future recipients aged 55 and under, while preserving benefits for those currently relying on them.”
“Cramer pledged to keep pushing legislation providing relief to North Dakota agricultural producers and to keep working to advance a farm bill.”
“Cramer pledged to secure the southern border by building a physical border wall and hiring additional Border Patrol agents.”
“Cramer committed to passing the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act to bar federal funds from any entity that performs abortions.”
“In his maiden Senate speech, Cramer vowed to take on what he called an unelected, unaccountable federal bureaucracy.”
“Cramer committed to an all-of-the-above energy approach and to advancing nuclear energy as a clean electricity source.”
“Cramer committed to act to defund sanctuary cities.”
“Cramer committed to passing the PEACE Act to prohibit federal education funding from being used to promote Critical Race Theory and 'divisive concepts.'”
“Cramer committed to legislation (the Real Emergencies Act) to prevent a president from declaring climate change a national emergency.”
“Cramer committed to seeing nuclear modernization — replacing the Minuteman III with the Sentinel ICBM, anchored at Minot Air Force Base — done right.”
“Cramer committed to passing the Death Tax Repeal Act to permanently repeal the federal estate ('death') tax.”
“Cramer committed to passing the SECURE Notarization Act to authorize remote online notarizations nationwide and make them valid across state lines.”
Verified record
126 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,408,241, spent $1,033,730, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4835: Bureau of Industry and Security License Administration Enhancement Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4637: Conrad 30 Physician Workforce Optimization Act ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored S 4587: Dietary Supplements Access Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4511: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income charitable distributions from certain employer-sponsored retirement plans, and for other purposes. ↗May 13, 2026
- Sponsored S 4197: Veterans Outdoor Rehabilitation Act ↗Mar 25, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 654: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should reduce and maintain the Federal unified budget deficit at or below 3 percent of gross domestic product. ↗Mar 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 3772: Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2026 ↗Feb 4, 2026
- Sponsored S 3530: Strategic Resources Non-discrimination Act ↗Dec 17, 2025
- Sponsored S 3287: Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates Act ↗Dec 1, 2025
- Sponsored SRES 513: A resolution designating November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month to promote national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. ↗Nov 20, 2025
- Sponsored S 2326: Payment Choice Act of 2025 ↗Jul 17, 2025
- Sponsored S 2268: Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025 ↗Jul 14, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 126 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 890
- Yea
- 633
- Nay
- 226
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 31
Full voting record
890 votes- S5271Yea
- PN1078Yea
- PN1078Yea
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Not voting
- HR6500Yea
- PN73011Yea
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Nay
- SJRES187Nay
- PN73011Yea
- PN932Yea
- PN932Yea
- HR6500Yea
- SRES817Yea
- SJRES181Nay
- SJRES199Nay
- SRES817Yea
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
15 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Social Security / MedicareStated position
Cramer committed to pursuing Social Security and Medicare solvency through incremental program changes affecting only future recipients aged 55 and under, while preserving benefits for those currently relying on them.
SourcesKevin Cramer for U.S. Senate campaign (kevincramer.org)· archivedView position & sources → - EnergyStated position
Cramer committed to an all-of-the-above energy approach and to advancing nuclear energy as a clean electricity source.
SourcesKevin Cramer for U.S. Senate campaign (kevincramer.org)· archivedView position & sources → - Agriculture / Farm BillStated position
Cramer pledged to keep pushing legislation providing relief to North Dakota agricultural producers and to keep working to advance a farm bill.
SourcesKevin Cramer for U.S. Senate campaign (kevincramer.org)· archivedView position & sources → - ImmigrationStated position
Cramer committed to act to defund sanctuary cities.
SourcesKevin Cramer for U.S. Senate campaign (kevincramer.org)· archivedView position & sources → - Immigration / Border SecurityStated position
Cramer pledged to secure the southern border by building a physical border wall and hiring additional Border Patrol agents.
SourcesKevin Cramer for U.S. Senate campaign (kevincramer.org)· archivedView position & sources → - Defense / Nuclear ModernizationStated position
Cramer committed to seeing nuclear modernization — replacing the Minuteman III with the Sentinel ICBM, anchored at Minot Air Force Base — done right.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (cramer.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Commerce / NotarizationStated position
Cramer committed to passing the SECURE Notarization Act to authorize remote online notarizations nationwide and make them valid across state lines.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (cramer.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - TaxesStated position
Cramer committed to passing the Death Tax Repeal Act to permanently repeal the federal estate ('death') tax.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (cramer.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA on Durbin Amendment No. 1841, as modified, to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. The amendment was rejected 42 to 50.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 148, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Durbin Amdt. No. 1841 as Modified to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 42 yeas to 50 nays, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA on Paul Amendment No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to the bill. The amendment was rejected 31 to 61, a three-fifths majority being required.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 144, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Paul Amdt. No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 31 yeas to 61 nays with a three-fifths majority required, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - EducationStated position
Cramer committed to passing the PEACE Act to prohibit federal education funding from being used to promote Critical Race Theory and 'divisive concepts.'
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (cramer.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Energy / ClimateStated position
Cramer committed to legislation (the Real Emergencies Act) to prevent a president from declaring climate change a national emergency.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (cramer.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Abortion / LifeStated position
Cramer committed to fight for life at all stages and to vote against measures expanding abortion, framing it as a standing promise to his constituents.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (cramer.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Abortion FundingStated position
Cramer committed to passing the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act to bar federal funds from any entity that performs abortions.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (cramer.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Government Reform / RegulationStated position
In his maiden Senate speech, Cramer vowed to take on what he called an unelected, unaccountable federal bureaucracy.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (cramer.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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