# Greg Kessel

Greg Kessel is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 39.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 39
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6c9671e4-274f-41cd-b1ba-d6b2dd55ba5e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c9671e4-274f-41cd-b1ba-d6b2dd55ba5e (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

Kessel missed 4.5% of 998 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the North Dakota Senate (average 98.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 11 donors and 574 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 81% (79%). 43 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 yea · 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 yea · 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, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 39. 87.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 7 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2368: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a grasslands grazing grant program. (became law, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2368/
- SB 2340: AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study to evaluate the evolving fire service operational and response needs of the state. (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2340/
- SB 2339: AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 49 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to strict liability and a wildfire mitigation plan of a… (became law, 2025-04-26) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2339/
- SB 2336: AN ACT to create and enact eight new sections to chapter 43-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the regulation of conveyances and elevator… (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2336/
- SB 2274: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to creating a farm management program within the… (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2274/
- SB 2162: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 4.1-13-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the assessment levied by the wheat commission. (introduced, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2162/
- SB 2163: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 43-07-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to contractor reporting thresholds for single projects. (became law, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2163/
- SB 2161: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 4.1-02-03, 4.1-02-12, and 4.1-13-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to member districts and the assessments… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2161/
- SCR 4017: A concurrent resolution urging the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to fully reinstate, and strictly abide by the October… (in committee, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SCR4017/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/greg-kessel

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6c9671e4-274f-41cd-b1ba-d6b2dd55ba5e