# Brad Bekkedahl

Brad Bekkedahl is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2014-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/86d15ce1-f1e9-40f8-894c-490f3d960e15

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86d15ce1-f1e9-40f8-894c-490f3d960e15 (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

Bekkedahl missed 7.9% of 998 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the North Dakota Senate (average 98.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.03), from 3 donors and 570 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 92.0% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 71% (79%). 53 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 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 46. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 10 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2372: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a legacy earnings fund; to amend and… (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2372/
- SB 2273: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 14 of section 43-26.1-01 and section 43-26.1-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to diagnostic imaging by… (became law, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2273/
- SB 2323: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-51-15 and 57-51.1-07.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations and… (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2323/
- SB 2324: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-09.1 and a new section to chapter 40-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a county home… (became law, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2324/
- SB 2227: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 54-52-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to employee participation in the public employees… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2227/
- SB 2225: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a housing for opportunity, mobility, and empowerment program; to provide for a… (passed both chambers, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2225/
- SB 2211: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 27-02.2-01, 27-02.2-02, 27-02.2-03, 27-02.2-04, 27-02.2-05, 27-02.2-06, 27-02.2-09, 27-02.2-10, and 27-02.2-11 of the… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2211/
- SCR 4014: A concurrent resolution urging the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service to modify its proposed livestock management plan,… (passed one chamber, 2023-04-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SCR4014/
- SB 2369: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a property tax credit for qualified parents… (in committee, 2023-02-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2369/
- SB 2307: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the judicial branch and adjutant general; and to provide a bond issue limit. (in committee, 2023-02-21) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2307/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/brad-bekkedahl
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bekkedahlforNDsenate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.bekkedahl
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bekkedahlforsenate
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-bekkedahl-70582440/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86d15ce1-f1e9-40f8-894c-490f3d960e15