# Robert Erbele

Robert Erbele is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2000-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e3f498cc-b127-4f43-be89-1ad84b3b4e78

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e3f498cc-b127-4f43-be89-1ad84b3b4e78 (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

Erbele reported $11.7K in the 2024 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $28.3K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 6 donors and 582 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 82% (79%). 42 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 nay · 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 4 bills: 3 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 36.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2363: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 15.1-27-02, sections 15.1-27-04.1, 15.1-27-04.2, and 57-15-01.1, paragraph 3 of subdivision e… (in committee, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2363/
- SB 2346: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to beef commission member appointments; and… (introduced, 2025-02-05) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2346/
- SB 2287: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1-28-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the authority to transact business associated with video livestock… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2287/
- SB 2286: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the university of North Dakota; and to authorize a line of credit. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2286/
- SB 2373: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of the livestock-friendly county… (became law, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2373/
- SB 2347: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 48-01.2-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the threshold for procuring plans, drawings, and… (passed one chamber, 2023-03-15) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2347/
- SB 2266: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 06-06-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to credit union membership. (passed one chamber, 2023-04-06) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2266/
- SB 2242: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 6-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Bank of North Dakota and the administration of the… (became law, 2023-04-25) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2242/
- SCR 4011: A concurrent resolution urging the student bodies of the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University to design and implement a new football… (in committee, 2019-03-15) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/SCR4011/
- HCR 3037: A concurrent resolution clarifying the 1975 ratification by the 44th Legislative Assembly of the proposed 1972 Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of… (in committee, 2019-04-01) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/66/HCR3037/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.7K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/robert-erbele
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robert.erbele

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e3f498cc-b127-4f43-be89-1ad84b3b4e78