# Jose Castaneda

Jose Castaneda is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 40
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2abbe0b0-fc8b-47f0-8b29-78e7c1315322

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2abbe0b0-fc8b-47f0-8b29-78e7c1315322 (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

Castaneda sits at −0.06 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.06 (standard error 0.02), from 1 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.6% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 78% (79%). 83 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, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 50.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2375: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 43-28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to joint negotiations by dental providers with dental… (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2375/
- SB 2361: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 11-11-70, 40-05-26, and 47-01-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ownership of land and… (in committee, 2025-02-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2361/
- SB 2349: 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/SB2349/
- SB 2266: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the office of management and budget for a grant; and to declare an emergency. (in committee, 2025-02-12) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2266/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.4K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/jose-l-castaneda
- Campaign site: https://josefordistrict40.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556073700050
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000125306466
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=%2Fjose_for_district40%2F&source=omni_redirect
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-castaneda-a660a312a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2abbe0b0-fc8b-47f0-8b29-78e7c1315322