# Dean Rummel

Dean Rummel is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 37
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cc65fd55-6d87-4ef9-95ff-b98592bebc8f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc65fd55-6d87-4ef9-95ff-b98592bebc8f (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

100% of Rummel’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Dakota, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 3 donors and 590 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 73% (79%). 65 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, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 31. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 10 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 Century… (passed one chamber, 2026-09-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2405/
- SB 2253: AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1-06 and a new section to chapter 39-21 of the North Dakota Century Code,… (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2253/
- SB 2181: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 65-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to posttraumatic stress disorder duration… (in committee, 2025-01-30) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2181/
- SB 2183: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 39-06.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a violation of a construction zone speed limit;… (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2183/
- SB 2165: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 12-63-04 and sections 12-63-05 and 12-63-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and… (became law, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2165/
- SB 2132: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-09-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to careless driving and causing injury to the operator of an… (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2132/
- SB 2152: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 6 of section 11-18-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to statements of full consideration. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2152/
- SB 2362: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-21-41.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to safety belt usage; to repeal section 39-21-41.5 of the North… (became law, 2023-04-07) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2362/
- SB 2169: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to temporary alteration of the maximum speed… (passed both chambers, 2023-04-25) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2169/
- SB 2168: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 39-06.1-06, subdivision i of subsection 1 of section 39-09-02, section 39-21-41.4, and subsection 2 of section… (passed both chambers, 2023-04-25) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2168/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/dean-rummel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dean.rummel.3
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dean_rummel_202
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-rummel-7b0681a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc65fd55-6d87-4ef9-95ff-b98592bebc8f