# Randy Burckhard

Randy Burckhard is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2010-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c7d25cc2-0a28-4001-b046-df3e3a996f21

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c7d25cc2-0a28-4001-b046-df3e3a996f21 (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

Burckhard reported $300 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 598 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 79% (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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 11.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2260: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 47-20.2-01, 47-20.2-02, 47-20.2-03, 47-20.2-05, and 47-20.2-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the North… (became law, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2260/
- SB 2169: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 43-26.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to physical therapy patient management. (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2169/
- SB 2342: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a downtown hospital building grant program and a rural workforce hospital… (in committee, 2023-01-30) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2342/
- SB 2240: AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for the base retention grant program. (became law, 2023-05-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2240/
- SB 2191: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 39-01-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adding physical therapists as health care… (became law, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2191/
- HCR 3058: A concurrent resolution to commend and congratulate North Dakota's Alpha Company, 164th Engineer Combat Battalion, for being awarded the Army Valorous Unit… (introduced, 2019-04-08) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/HCR3058/
- HCR 3051: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the feasibility, desirability, and benefits of expanding the goods and… (in committee, 2019-03-28) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/HCR3051/
- SB 2353: A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 43‑63 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to uniform regulation of occupations and professions; and to… (passed one chamber, 2019-04-08) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2353/
- SB 2359: A BILL to provide for a legislative management study of the scope of practice and regulation of electricians. (became law, 2019-04-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2359/
- SB 2321: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑04‑10.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to special vehicle license plates for volunteer emergency… (became law, 2019-05-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2321/

## 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/randy-a-burckhard
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/randy.burckhard.90
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-burckhard-20b9383a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c7d25cc2-0a28-4001-b046-df3e3a996f21