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 pattern of involvement in veterans' affairs, agriculture, and energy policy, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Veterans Outdoor Rehabilitation Act and the Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025. Additionally, his involvement in various committees related to Armed Services and Environment and Public Works suggests an emphasis on defense and infrastructure. Focus areas (from the record): Veterans Affairs · Agriculture · Energy Policy · Defense · Infrastructure Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. There is a correlation between Cramer's sponsored bills and his declared positions on veterans' care and agricultural support, such as the Veterans Outdoor Rehabilitation Act and the Agricultural Risk Review Act. However, while he has made commitments regarding energy and immigration, the evidence does not support a conclusion about divergence in those areas. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of his sponsored bills cannot be assessed based on available evidence; The impact of his committee work on actual policy outcomes is not documented; There is no information on his statements or public communications that could provide further context to his positions. 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.
Showing 2025–2031 term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
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.
- Votes cast
- 858
- Voted yea
- 608
- Voted nay
- 221
- Bills sponsored
- 30
- Committees
- 14
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 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 promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
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 seeing nuclear modernization — replacing the Minuteman III with the Sentinel ICBM, anchored at Minot Air Force Base — done right.”
“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 Death Tax Repeal Act to permanently repeal the federal estate ('death') tax.”
“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 SECURE Notarization Act to authorize remote online notarizations nationwide and make them valid across state lines.”
“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.”
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
- 858
- Yea
- 608
- Nay
- 221
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 29
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Nay
- PN8518Yea
- PN9304Yea
- PN9304Yea
- S4784Yea
- PN9382Yea
- PN9303Yea
- SJRES185Nay
- PN9382Yea
- SJRES196Nay
- PN9303Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9307Yea
- PN9307Yea
- HCONRES86Nay
- PN8593Yea
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Yea
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
13 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never 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.
Sourceshttps://kevincramer.org/issues/View position & sources → - EnergyStated position
Cramer committed to an all-of-the-above energy approach and to advancing nuclear energy as a clean electricity source.
Sourceshttps://kevincramer.org/issue/energy/View 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.
Sourceshttps://kevincramer.org/issue/farm-bill/View position & sources → - ImmigrationStated position
Cramer committed to act to defund sanctuary cities.
Sourceshttps://kevincramer.org/issues/View 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.
Sourceshttps://kevincramer.org/issues/View 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.
Sourceshttps://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cramer-emphasizes-significance-of-nuclear-modernization-at-us-air-force-town-hall-in-minotView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cramer-warner-reintroduce-bipartisan-bill-to-authorize-remote-online-notarizations-nationwideView position & sources → - TaxesStated position
Cramer committed to passing the Death Tax Repeal Act to permanently repeal the federal estate ('death') tax.
Sourceshttps://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cramer-thune-introduce-death-tax-repeal-actView 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.'
Sourceshttps://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/-sen-cramer-colleagues-reintroduce-legislation-to-prohibit-federal-funding-of-critical-race-theoryView position & sources → - Energy / ClimateStated position
Cramer committed to legislation (the Real Emergencies Act) to prevent a president from declaring climate change a national emergency.
Sourceshttps://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-to-prevent-biden-administration-from-declaring-climate-change-a-national-emergencyView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-votes-to-uphold-sanctity-of-all-life-opposes-democrats-abortion-billView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-colleagues-reintroduce-the-protecting-life-and-taxpayers-actView position & sources → - Government Reform / RegulationStated position
In his maiden Senate speech, Cramer vowed to take on what he called an unelected, unaccountable federal bureaucracy.
Sourceshttps://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-delivers-maiden-speech-highlighting-his-background-importance-accessibility-and-vowingView 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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