Federal · U.S. Senate
John Hoeven
U.S. Senator · North Dakota · Party: Republican
65 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- U.S. Senator
- District
- North Dakota
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 2011
- Body
- U.S. Senate
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
Last verified Oct 9, 2026.
Official source ↗Photo: <a href="http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Photo_Collection_of_the_Senate_Historical_Office.htm">Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office</a>
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows John Hoeven's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 6
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 5
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
Yes Source ↗ -
To include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible alien, require mandatory detention.
On the Amendment
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 5
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
To strike the section that authorizes State attorneys general to sue Federal immigration authorities for alleged violations relating to the detention of aliens.
On the Amendment
No Source ↗ -
To expand the list of criminal offenses that subject inadmissible aliens to mandatory detention.
On the Amendment
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 5
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 5
A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗
Raised · 2025–2026
$389,847
Spent $282,327 · Cash on hand $674,824 as of Jun 30, 2026
Money raised by John Hoeven's campaign committees in 2025–2026, through Jun 30, 2026 (latest report: july quarterly 2026), as reported to the Federal Election Commission. These are facts about money, shown beside the voting record; they don't explain any vote.
Where it came from
- Small individual donors ($200 or less)$7700%
- Larger individual donors (more than $200)$174,85045%
- PACs and other political committees$174,10045%
- Political party committees$00%
- The candidate (own money and loans)$00%
- Other (transfers, refunds, interest)$40,12810%
For comparison, the average of the 97 senators with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $5,042,860; PACs 18% of money raised; small donors 18%; cash on hand $4,597,448. A senator's fundraising varies with where they are in a six-year term.
Top PACs
- CONTINUING AMERICA'S STRENGTH & SECURITY PAC$10,000
- AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$8,000
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES C0-OP/PAC$7,500
- FARMERS' RICE COOPERATIVE FUND$7,500
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CO$5,000
- TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND$5,000
- ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC$5,000
- JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PAC$5,000
- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC PAC$5,000
- MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FO$5,000
The 10 largest of $174,100 from PACs and other political committees (45% of all money raised). Every PAC contribution at the FEC ↗
Outside spending for and against
None reported.
None reported.
Independent expenditures: spending on ads and outreach about this member, without coordinating with the campaign. This money isn't given to the campaign. FEC record ↗
Top contributing industries (approximate)
- Agriculture and food$69,400
- Finance, insurance and banking$34,200
- Pharmaceuticals and medical products$16,700
- Other members' leadership PACs and campaigns$15,000
- Issue and advocacy groups$15,000
- Energy and utilities$13,950
- Lawyers and lobbyists$13,600
- Technology and telecommunications$9,700
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in PAC and employer names (how); 67% of these dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed. Employer amounts count only donors who gave more than $200, from the campaign's principal committee.
Donors' employers
- GENERAL ATOMICS$21,000
- ARNOLD VENTURES$7,000
- AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION$5,300
- LOCKHEED MARTIN$5,000
- VALLEY CROP INSURANCE$5,000
- CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION$3,750
- CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS$2,700
- FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS$2,500
- KATHY FOWLER AGENCY$2,500
- STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA$2,500
Employers named by donors who gave more than $200, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never listed.
Source: Federal Election Commission (John Hoeven at the FEC ↗), 2025–2026. Read Oct 3, 2026. Federal law bars using contributor information from FEC reports to ask for contributions or for commercial purposes; ThePillory shows totals only and has no donor export. Methodology
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