# Chuck Walen

Chuck Walen is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 4.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 4
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/43e25c66-8935-4938-8634-b8666bfdb876

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43e25c66-8935-4938-8634-b8666bfdb876 (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

13% of the 8 bills Walen sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 29 in the North Dakota Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.10 (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. 3.1% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 80% (79%). 100 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 yea · 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 8 bills: 7 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 19. 12.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 29 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 4016: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying primary election procedures applying to partisan races and whether the use… (in committee, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4016/
- SCR 4014: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying election and political party activities in a legislative district containing… (in committee, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4014/
- SB 2337: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 11-11-70, 40-05-26, 47-01-09, and 47-10.1-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of a… (in committee, 2025-02-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2337/
- SB 2295: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state education funding for all students… (in committee, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2295/
- SB 2252: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a district endorsing caucus or… (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2252/
- SB 2304: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-51.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tribal oil and gas tax revenue allocation… (introduced, 2025-01-29) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2304/
- SB 2296: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-40.6-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency services communications systems. (became law, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2296/
- SB 2178: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 16.1-02-12, 16.1-02-15, 16.1-03-21, and 16.1-07-05, subsection 1 of section 16.1-07-06, sections 16.1-11-10,… (in committee, 2025-01-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2178/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $300 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/chuck-walen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/familynut
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-walen-85b571a6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43e25c66-8935-4938-8634-b8666bfdb876