# David Clemens

David Clemens is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2016-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e93f45b9-72c9-4e10-bc05-4896381f29f4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e93f45b9-72c9-4e10-bc05-4896381f29f4 (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

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

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.01 (standard error 0.01), from 1 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.1% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 85% (79%). 83 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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: 4 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 42.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2243: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 39-06.1-06, subsections 1 and 3 of section 39-06.1-10, and sections 40-05-06, and 40-11-12 of the North Dakota… (passed both chambers, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2243/
- SB 2184: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 14-09-06.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to additional parenting time after a false allegation of… (in committee, 2025-01-31) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2184/
- SB 2186: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to interference with court-ordered parenting time; to… (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2186/
- SCR 4003: A concurrent resolution to rescind all extant applications by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly to call a convention to propose amendments to the United… (in committee, 2025-01-29) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4003/
- SCR 4012: A concurrent resolution to rescind all extant applications by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly to call a convention to propose amendments to the United… (in committee, 2023-02-21) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SCR4012/
- SB 2359: AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study, relating to the impact of political subdivisions levying special assessments against other political… (became law, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2359/
- SB 2350: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to traffic signs. (became law, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2350/
- SB 2327: AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding parentage and adoption policies. (became law, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2327/
- SB 2274: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-12-20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vaccination and infection information. (became law, 2023-04-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2274/
- SB 2257: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1 of chapter 398 of the 2019 Session Laws, relating to a task force on prevention of sexual abuse of children; and to… (became law, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2257/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $300 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ndlegis.gov/biography/david-a-clemens
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dave.clemens.3726

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e93f45b9-72c9-4e10-bc05-4896381f29f4