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Kevin Cramer

R Republican · Senator, North Dakota
21
Low self-dealing
6/6 components have data
#102 of 193 scored

Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) shows little to no individual-stock activity: his disclosed portfolio is diversified mutual funds and lifecycle funds (e.g., Nuveen Lifecycle, American Funds), with Quiver estimating roughly $0 in live-trackable publicly traded securities and a modest reported net worth (estimated ~$900K), so STOCK Act and net-worth-enrichment concerns are minimal. His most documented self-dealing exposure is on the campaign-finance side: a 2018 FEC complaint alleged improper per-diem/travel reimbursements, and FEC filings reportedly show ~$140K paid to family members (including his wife/campaign manager) and ~$200K in self-reimbursements since 2013. His top career donors are heavily concentrated in oil and gas (Continental Resources' Harold Hamm and others on his finance team), correlating with consistently pro-drilling, pro-fracking votes and an EPW seat, though this reflects North Dakota's economy rather than proven quid pro quo. He has missed 7.7% of lifetime votes, above the Senate median, but with no documented paid-speech or fundraising-driven pattern.

Public record

In Congress since
2013
Committees
Armed Services
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Environment and Public Works
Veterans' Affairs
Missed votes, 119th Congress
3.5% (32 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$1.1M raised · 16% from PACs & committees · $2.3M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
S. 4134

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
0
No individual-stock trading. Disclosures show diversified mutual funds and lifecycle/target-date funds (Nuveen Lifecycle, American Funds, CREF Index); Quiver estimates ~$0 in live-trackable publicly traded securities. No STOCK Act periodic transaction reports of single-name equities, so no committee-overlap or timing concerns apply.
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
5
Reported net worth is modest and shows no dramatic growth beyond salary/market. OpenSecrets put 2018 net worth near $500K; 2023 disclosure range spans roughly -$43K to $931K; Quiver estimates ~$896K in 2025. Wide reporting ranges and fund-based holdings make precise tracking hard, but no evidence of abnormal enrichment over his tenure.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
45
Correlation, not proof. Oil & gas is a dominant career donor source (>$573K since 1989; ~$206K in 2015-16), with Continental Resources' Harold Hamm and other energy executives on his finance team. This aligns with consistent pro-drilling/pro-fracking votes and an Environment & Public Works seat, but concentration reflects North Dakota's energy economy and no quid pro quo is established.
Campaign-fund personal use
15% weight
50
A 2018 FEC complaint alleged improper personal use: ~$253 in non-compliant per-diem meal reimbursements and self/spouse travel-mileage reimbursements. Broader filings reportedly show ~$140K paid to family members (wife served as campaign manager) and ~$200K in self-reimbursements since 2013. Cramer denied wrongdoing; allegations are from a partisan complaint and not an adjudicated finding.
Revolving door & family
15% weight
10
No evidence of family members lobbying or holding contracts tied to his office, or of a notable staff-to-lobbyist pipeline. His wife Kris worked as his paid campaign manager (a campaign-spending issue, scored under personal-use), not as a lobbyist. Limited public reporting; low score reflects absence of findings rather than confirmed clean status across all staff.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
25
Cramer missed 246 of 3,188 roll-call votes (7.7%) from 2013 to June 2026, notably above the ~2.8% median of currently serving senators. GovTrack does not attribute reasons, and no documented pattern of paid speeches or fundraising driving the absences was found, so the elevated miss rate alone is a moderate, not severe, signal.

Sources behind this score: 4 data aggregator · 3 reference database · 3 news reporting. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 0 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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