# Claire Cory

Claire Cory is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 42
- Serving since: 2019-10-14
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/00d22ac4-d0e4-4b26-a521-729b177b3a01

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00d22ac4-d0e4-4b26-a521-729b177b3a01 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

64% of Cory’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from North Dakota, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.04 (standard error 0.01), from 18 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 73% (79%). 87 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-04 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1628 · HB 1628 AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12-60-24, subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05, and chapter… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1628/
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2407 · SB 2407 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the state historical society for the North Dakota military museum project; to amend and reenact section… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2407/
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2405 · SB 2405 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 57-02-08.9, section 57-20-09, and subsection 1 of section 57-55-03 of the North Dakota… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2405/
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2406 · SB 2406 A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 44-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting agencies from entering nondisclosure… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2406/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1621 · HB 1621 AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 15.1-21-01 and section 15.1-21-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requiring the… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1621/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1625 · HB 1625 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-10-64 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the sale of the Ray Richards golf course; to provide an… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1625/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1623 · HB 1623 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for federal rural health transformation program grant funds; to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1623/
- 2026-01-23 · voted nay · Motion for Consideration of Amendments on HB 1624 · HB 1624 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offering school breakfast and… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1624/
- 2026-01-23 · voted nay · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1624 · HB 1624 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offering school breakfast and… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1624/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1622 · HB 1622 AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43-17.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; to amend and… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1622/

## Legislation (ND 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 76.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2383: A BILL for an Act to create and enact four new sections to chapter 14-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to parental rights and responsibilities,… (in committee, 2025-02-19) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2383/
- SB 2384: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 53-06.1-14, subsection 11 of section 53-06.2-01, and sections 53-06.2-07 and 53-06.2-10 of the North Dakota… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-31) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2384/
- SB 2285: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 28-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to judicial deference. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2285/
- SB 2215: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to limitations on the introduction of… (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2215/
- HB 1479: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 62.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to restrictions on the possession, use, and… (in committee, 2023-02-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/HB1479/
- HB 1532: AN ACT to create and enact chapter 15.1-39 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of an educational reimbursement program; to provide… (passed both chambers, 2023-04-28) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/HB1532/
- HB 1328: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 40-23-07 and 40-23.1-01 and subsection 12 of section 57-02-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to… (in committee, 2023-02-15) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/HB1328/
- HB 1323: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 35-27-01, 35-27-02, 35-27-03, 35-27-07, 35-27-18, and 35-27-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a claimant's… (became law, 2023-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/HB1323/
- HB 1326: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 23-02.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to access to death records. (became law, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/HB1326/
- HB 1331: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 53-06.2-01, 53-06.2-10.1, and 53-06.2-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the racing commission,… (passed one chamber, 2023-03-31) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/HB1331/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $41.1K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 64% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ndlegis.gov/biography/claire-cory
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaireCoryforDistrict42Senate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claire.cory
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairecorynd
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-cory-953a28155/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/00d22ac4-d0e4-4b26-a521-729b177b3a01