# Jeff Magrum

Jeff Magrum is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9c20611f-bea1-4176-b98f-3b20537e6818

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c20611f-bea1-4176-b98f-3b20537e6818 (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

Magrum sits at −0.45 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 100% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.03), from 18 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.3% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 66% (79%). 335 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 52. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 27 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 4029: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the costs and effects of planting and tending to sterile monoculture… (in committee, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4029/
- SCR 4026: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the feasibility and desirability of establishing a state-owned association… (in committee, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4026/
- SCR 4025: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying all state laws to identify laws that are outdated, unnecessary, or cause… (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4025/
- SCR 4011: A concurrent resolution calling for a convention to amend the United States Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress. (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4011/
- SCR 4015: A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 2 of article V of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to the election of public service… (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4015/
- SB 2315: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to restrictions on legislative lobbyists; to… (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2315/
- SB 2314: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of, investigation of, and… (in committee, 2025-02-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2314/
- SB 2321: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 32-15-28, 32-15-32, and 32-15-35 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to awarding costs and fees in… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-31) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2321/
- SB 2312: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-02-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a property tax exemption for property… (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2312/
- SB 2313: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 38-08-04.12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reclamation of land disturbed by oil and gas activity. (in committee, 2025-02-19) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2313/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,500 (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 58% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/jeffery-j-magrum
- Campaign site: https://magrumforndsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeffMagrumND
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.magrum

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c20611f-bea1-4176-b98f-3b20537e6818