# Ron Sorvaag

Ron Sorvaag is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 45
- Serving since: 2010-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d313121d-2b0d-41e9-94a2-fe819a6e82b4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d313121d-2b0d-41e9-94a2-fe819a6e82b4 (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

Sorvaag has served since 2010.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.26 (standard error 0.02), from 22 donors and 598 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 81% (79%). 38 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 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 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 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 28.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2256: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a research technology park grant program; to provide… (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2256/
- SB 2200: AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction for North Dakota governor's schools. (became law, 2023-04-26) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2200/
- SB 2132: AN ACT to create and enact section 34-07-15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to labor exceptions for minors performing sports-attendant services;… (became law, 2023-04-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2132/
- HB 1513: AN ACT to create and enact subsection 5 of section 16.1‑03‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to district party organization; to amend and reenact… (became law, 2021-11-22) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/67S1/HB1513/
- SCR 4009: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the feasibility and desirability of the water resource boards in each… (in committee, 2019-03-15) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SCR4009/
- SB 2284: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 5‑01‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to domestic winery ingredient utilization requirements and… (passed one chamber, 2019-04-03) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2284/
- SB 2251: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 39‑04‑36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the transfer of a registered vehicle;… (passed one chamber, 2019-03-05) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2251/
- SB 2244: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39‑06‑49, subsection 1 of section 39‑06.2‑07, subsection 2 of section 39‑06.2‑08, subdivision c of subsection 3 of section… (passed both chambers, 2019-04-16) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2244/
- HB 1454: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑09‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bids for school district contracts. (became law, 2019-04-25) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/HB1454/
- HB 1514: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 61‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to surety for installers of subsurface water… (in committee, 2019-02-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/HB1514/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/ronald-sorvaag
- X: https://x.com/RSorvaag
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sorvaagforNDsenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ron.sorvaag
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rsorvaag
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldsorvaag/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d313121d-2b0d-41e9-94a2-fe819a6e82b4