Kevin Cramer

Republican junior Senator of North Dakota

  • Senator

    North Dakota

    January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2025

202-224-2043

@SenKevinCramer

cramer.senate.gov

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6

Congresses Served

3

House Terms

1

Senate Terms

January 1, 1961 (64 years old)

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  • Has served as the junior United States senator for North Dakota since 2019.
  • Represented North Dakota’s at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019.
  • Chaired the North Dakota Republican Party from 1991 to 1993.
  • Served as state Tourism Director from 1993 to 1997 and state Economic Development Director from 1997 to 2000.
  • Served on the state Public Service Commission from 2003 to 2012.
  • Graduated from Kindred High School and received a B.A. degree from Concordia College in 1983. Earned a master’s degree in management from the University of Mary in 2003.
  • Opposes abortion and has criticized Planned Parenthood, linking mass shootings to the legalization of abortion and a decline in religious values.
  • Has been closely allied with Donald Trump, supporting his policies and decisions, including the 2017 executive order banning entry to the U.S. by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.
  • Rejects the scientific consensus on climate change but supports a small carbon tax if the revenue went to research and development on clean fuel.
  • Supports cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and has cited biblical quotations in support of these efforts.
  • Opposes the Affordable Care Act and has voted to repeal it without a replacement multiple times.
  • Opposes same-sex marriage and condemned the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.
  • Called both Anita Hill’s and Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Supreme Court nominees “absurd.”
  • Voted to repeal the estate tax and supports Trump’s 25% tax on many types of imports.
  • Opposed language in the Violence Against Women Act that would allow tribal courts to prosecute non-Natives for abusing or assaulting Native American women on Indian land.
  • Suffered a serious hand injury in 2022 while doing yard work.
  • His son Ian was involved in a high-speed pursuit that ended in a fatal collision with a police vehicle in December 2023.