# Richard Marcellais

Richard Marcellais is a Democratic member of the North Dakota Senate for district 9.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2006-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d87ed27e-35a2-4272-aa04-edf0a2893004

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d87ed27e-35a2-4272-aa04-edf0a2893004 (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

Marcellais sits at +0.21 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.03), from 0 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 70% (79%). 63 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 3 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 21.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2343: A BILL for an Act to create and enact section 4.1-16-08.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the placement or location of a beehive; and to provide… (in committee, 2025-02-10) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2343/
- SB 2344: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 39-04-10.10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to veterans' number plates. (introduced, 2025-01-28) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2344/
- SB 2345: A BILL for an Act to provide for state employee compensation adjustments. (in committee, 2025-02-07) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2345/
- HCR 3059: A concurrent resolution urging Congress to pass, and President Donald Trump to sign, House Resolution 1911, also known as the SFC Brian Woods Gold Star and… (introduced, 2019-04-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/HCR3059/
- HCR 3056: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the issues and data reporting challenges related to missing and murdered… (in committee, 2019-04-01) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/HCR3056/
- SCR 4017: A concurrent resolution urging the Indian Affairs Commission to study the archaeological discipline, cultural resources, and the knowledge and expertise of… (in committee, 2019-04-12) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SCR4017/
- SB 2316: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 15.1‑18‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to allowing individuals who do not have a teaching… (in committee, 2019-02-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2316/
- SB 2314: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 37‑14‑01.1 and 37‑14‑18 and subsection 8 of section 37‑19.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the… (became law, 2019-04-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2314/
- SB 2311: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 44‑08‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recalls of elected officials of… (in committee, 2019-01-28) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2311/
- SB 2310: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the drug testing of school board members. (in committee, 2019-01-31) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SB2310/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,500 (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/richard-marcellais
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richard.marcellais
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcellais-richard-b5164243/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d87ed27e-35a2-4272-aa04-edf0a2893004