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North Dakota State Missed
Votes Scorecard

1%
In North Dakota, the average Senate missed 1% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
ND SD-01 R Brad Bekkedahl
5%
47 882 1
ND SD-09 D Richard Marcellais
4%
35 882 2
ND SD-29 R Terry Wanzek
3%
27 882 3
ND SD-24 R Mike Wobbema
3%
26 882 4
ND SD-47 R Mike Dwyer
2%
21 882 5
ND SD-33 R Jessica Unruh-Bell
2%
17 882 6
ND SD-38 R David Hogue
2%
15 882 7
ND SD-31 R Donald Schaible
2%
15 882 7
ND SD-11 D Tim Mathern
1%
13 882 9
ND SD-42 R Curtiss Kreun
1%
12 882 10
ND SD-43 D JoNell Bakke
1%
11 882 11
ND SD-41 R Kyle Davison
1%
11 882 11
ND SD-10 R Janne Myrdal
1%
11 882 11
ND SD-39 R Dale Patten
1%
10 882 14
ND SD-23 D Joan Heckaman
1%
9 882 15
ND SD-32 R Dick Dever
1%
8 882 16
ND SD-17 R Ray Holmberg
0%
4 882 17
ND SD-30 R Diane Larson
0%
1 882 18
ND SD-46 R Jim Roers
0%
1 882 18
ND SD-08 R Howard Anderson
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-05 R Randy Burckhard
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-16 R David Clemens
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-12 R Cole Conley
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-36 R Jay Elkin
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-28 R Robert Erbele
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-19 R Robert Fors
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-26 R Jason Heitkamp
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-21 D Kathy Hogan
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-04 R Jordan Kannianen
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-14 R Jerry Klein
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-40 R Karen Krebsbach
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-03 R Oley Larsen
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-34 R Doug Larsen
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-13 R Judy Lee
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-20 R Randy Lemm
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-25 R Larry Luick
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-18 R Scott Meyer
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-35 D Erin Oban
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-15 R Dave Oehlke
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-44 D Merrill Piepkorn
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-07 R Nicole Poolman
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-27 R Kristin Roers
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-02 R David Rust
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-45 R Ronald Sorvaag
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-06 R Shawn Vedaa
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-37 R Rich Wardner
0%
0 882 20
ND SD-22 R Mark Weber
0%
0 882 20
Methodology

The 2021 North Dakota Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – NORTH DAKOTA 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often North Dakota’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 882 votes in the North Dakota Senate and 949 votes in the North Dakota House during the 2021 regular and special sessions. The votes were cast from 1/8/2021 – 11/12/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include a grouping of roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee. 

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding. 

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