# Dick Dever

Dick Dever is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 32.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 32
- Serving since: 2000-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/afb1de56-a1cf-439a-8a9f-3fcaa73c691a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/afb1de56-a1cf-439a-8a9f-3fcaa73c691a (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

Dever reported $315 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 3 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 75% (79%). 54 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 42. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 10 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2358: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 11-28.3-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to rural ambulance board compensation. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2358/
- SB 2352: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 54-23.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authorization for children of inmates to… (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2352/
- SB 2288: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 53-06.1-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the payment of a veterans organization's… (became law, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2288/
- SCR 4005: A concurrent resolution designating House and Senate employment positions and fixing compensation. (passed both chambers, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4005/
- SB 2170: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of the army forces reserve… (in committee, 2025-02-07) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2170/
- SB 2164: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 6-08.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duty of confidentiality and disclosure to the North Dakota… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2164/
- SB 2140: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-06-33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the dementia care services program. (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2140/
- SB 2361: 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 primary residence valuation freeze for… (in committee, 2023-02-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2361/
- SB 2294: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 20.1-05.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to discretionary special allocation hunting licenses. (in committee, 2023-02-10) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2294/
- SB 2244: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 22 of section 57-02-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a property tax exemption for certain… (in committee, 2023-02-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2244/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $315 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ndlegis.gov/biography/dick-dever
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dick.dever.75
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dick-dever-86b65342/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/afb1de56-a1cf-439a-8a9f-3fcaa73c691a