Kevin Cramer

Republican junior Senator of North Dakota

Representative
North Dakota
January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015
Representative
North Dakota
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Representative
North Dakota
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Senator
North Dakota
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2025

202-224-2043

@SenKevinCramer

cramer.senate.gov

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January 1, 1961 (63 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.