# Dale Patten

Dale Patten is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ffc100fb-2fbe-47d1-bfde-a2e4b0acae3c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ffc100fb-2fbe-47d1-bfde-a2e4b0acae3c (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

Patten reported $1,500 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 9 donors and 588 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 96.6% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 78% (79%). 50 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 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 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 46. 90.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 5 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2359: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-02-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to qualifications for renewable electricity and recycled energy… (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2359/
- SB 2302: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-01-02 and 15-05-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the board of university and school… (became law, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2302/
- SB 2214: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 6-01-07.1, subsections 4 and 5 of section 10-04-02, sections 10-04-03 and 10-04-16, paragraph 2 of… (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2214/
- SB 2207: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 57-40.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for tribal… (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2207/
- SB 2208: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 57-51.1-07.5 and sections 57-51.1-07.7 and 57-51.1-07.8 of the North Dakota Century Code,… (in committee, 2025-02-21) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2208/
- SB 2188: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-63.1-03 and 54-63.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the membership of the clean sustainable energy… (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2188/
- SB 2172: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to long-term care insurance policy terms and claim… (became law, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2172/
- SB 2141: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 61-04-15.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a change in the purpose of use of a conditional or perfected… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2141/
- SB 2139: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1-73-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the fees for recording and rerecording livestock brands. (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2139/
- SB 2143: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-51.1-07.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to revenue deposited in the state energy research center fund; to… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2143/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,500 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/dale-patten
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dale.patten
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-patten-96631319/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ffc100fb-2fbe-47d1-bfde-a2e4b0acae3c