# Kent Weston

Kent Weston is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 15.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 15
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f1041f2b-2e6e-41b0-9313-9767f7c03dbe

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1041f2b-2e6e-41b0-9313-9767f7c03dbe (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

Weston sits at −0.02 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 94% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.02 (standard error 0.01), from 11 donors and 597 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.3% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 88% (79%). 74 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 nay · 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 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 43.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2396: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 10-30.5-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annual audits of the North Dakota development fund; to provide… (became law, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2396/
- SB 2348: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 and a new chapter to title 50 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the acceptance of health… (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2348/
- SB 2379: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-02.1-01 and subsection 1 of section 23-02.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to homeless youth access to… (became law, 2023-04-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2379/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.0K (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/kent-weston
- Campaign site: https://kentwestonforsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kentwestonforsenate

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1041f2b-2e6e-41b0-9313-9767f7c03dbe