North Dakota Senate
Upper house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly
The Senate Chamber is located in the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck.
The North Dakota Senate is the upper house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly , smaller than the North Dakota House of Representatives .
Per the state constitution, North Dakota is divided into between 40 and 54 legislative districts apportioned by population as determined by the decennial census . The 2000 redistricting plan provided for 47 districts, with one senator elected from each district.
Senators serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered such that half the senate districts have elections every two years. In the 2022 North Dakota elections , a ballot measure passed with 63.4% of the vote creating term limits of eight years in the North Dakota Senate, which was put into effect starting January 2023.[1]
The Senate Chamber is located in the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota .
Composition
68th Legislative Assembly (2023–2025)
Affiliation
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Republican
Democratic-NPL
Vacant
65th Legislative Assembly
38
9
47
0
66th Legislative Assembly
37
10
47
0
67th Legislative Assembly
40
7
47
0
68th Legislative Assembly
43
4
47
0
Latest voting share
93%
9%
2023 Officers
Members of the 68th Senate[2]
†Senator was originally appointed
Committee Assignments of the 68th Senate[3]
District
Senator
Party
Committee
1
Brad Bekkedahl
Rep
Appropriations
2
David Rust
Rep
Appropriations
3
Bob Paulson
Rep
Judiciary, Transportation
4
Jordan Kannianen
Rep
Energy and Natural Resources, Finance and Taxation
5
Randy Burckhard
Rep
Appropriations
6
Shawn Vedaa
Rep
Appropriations
7
Michelle Axtman
Rep
Education, Workforce Development
8
Jeffery Magrum
Rep
Energy and Natural Resources, Finance and Taxation
9
Kent Weston
Rep
Agriculture and Veteran Affairs, Human Services
10
Ryan Braunberger
Dem-NPL
Judiciary, State and Local Government
11
Tim Mathern
Dem-NPL
Appropriations
12
Cole Conley
Rep
Education, Transportation
13
Judy Lee
Rep
Human Services, State and Local Government
14
Jerry Klein
Rep
Industry and Business
15
Judy Estenson
Rep
Judiciary, State and Local Government
16
David Clemens
Rep
Human Services, Transportation
17
Jonathan Sickler
Rep
Judiciary, Workforce Development
18
Scott Meyer
Rep
Appropriations
19
Janne Myrdal
Rep
Agriculture and Veteran Affairs, Judiciary
20
Randy Lemm
Rep
Agriculture and Veteran Affairs, Education
21
Kathy Hogan
Dem-NPL
Agriculture and Veteran Affairs, Human Services
22
Mark Weber
Rep
Agriculture and Veteran Affairs, Finance and Taxation
23
Todd Beard
Rep
Education, Energy and Natural Resources
24
Michael Wobbema
Rep
Education, Workforce Development
25
Larry Luick
Rep
Agriculture and Veteran Affairs, Judiciary
26
Dale Patten
Rep
Energy and Natural Resources, Finance and Taxation
27
Kristin Roers
Rep
Human Services, State and Local Government
28
Robert Erbele
Rep
Appropriations
29
Terry Wanzek
Rep
Appropriations
30
Diane Larson
Rep
Judiciary, Workforce Development
31
Donald Schaible
Rep
Appropriations
32
Dick Dever
Rep
Appropriations
33
Keith Boehm
Rep
Energy and Natural Resources, Industry and Business
34
Vacant
35
Sean Cleary
Rep
Human Services, State and Local Government
36
Jay Elkin
Rep
Education, Workforce Development
37
Dean Rummel
Rep
Finance and Taxation, Transportation
38
David Hogue
Rep
None
39
Greg Kessel
Rep
Energy and Natural Resources, Industry and Business
40
Karen Krebsbach
Rep
Appropriations
41
Kyle Davison
Rep
Appropriations
42
Curt Kreun
Rep
Appropriations
43
Jeff Barta
Rep
Industry and Business, State and Local Government
44
Merrill Piepkorn
Dem-NPL
Finance and Taxation, Workforce Development
45
Ronald Sorvaag
Rep
Appropriations
46
Jim Roers
Rep
Appropriations
47
Michael Dwyer
Rep
Appropriations
^ Represented District 10 prior to 2022
^ Represented District 39 prior to 2022
Past composition of the Senate
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