Federal · U.S. Senate
John Hoeven
U.S. Senator · North Dakota · Party: Republican
65 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.
Office
- Office
- U.S. Senator
- District
- North Dakota
- Party
- Republican
- Term
- Since 2011
- Body
- U.S. Senate
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
Last verified Oct 8, 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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In the nature of a substitute.
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
To strike a provision modifying the definition of hemp for purposes of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.
On the Motion to Table
Yes Source ↗ -
To improve the bill.
On the Motion to Table
No Source ↗ -
To improve the bill.
On the Motion to Table
No Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 3012
A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
S.J.Res. 90
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
On the Motion to Discharge
No Source ↗ -
Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs)
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs)
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
S.J.Res. 88
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.
On the Joint Resolution
No Source ↗ -
S.J.Res. 80
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
On the Joint Resolution
Yes Source ↗ -
S.J.Res. 77
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.
On the Joint Resolution
No Source ↗ -
S.J.Res. 69
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Record of Decision for the Barred Owl Management Strategy; Washington, Oregon, and California".
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
S.J.Res. 80
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision".
On the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
S.J.Res. 81
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.
On the Joint Resolution
No Source ↗ -
Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
Jordan Emery Pratt, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
Jordan Emery Pratt, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Bill Lewis, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
Stephen Chad Meredith, of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 3012
A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
Stephen Chad Meredith, of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
Bill Lewis, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
Harold D. Mooty III, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama
On the Nomination
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 4016
A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
Harold D. Mooty III, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama
On the Cloture Motion
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
H.R. 5371
A bill making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Yes Source ↗ -
S. 2296
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
Yes Source ↗ -
To limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes.
On the Amendment
No Source ↗ -
To reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 10 percent and instead expand veteran dental care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
On the Amendment
No Source ↗ -
To limit the provision of support by the Armed Forces to civilian law enforcement activities.
On the Amendment
No Source ↗ -
To amend title 32, United States Code, to clarify certain limitations on full-time National Guard duty performed in a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.
On the Amendment
No 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 98 senators with 2025–2026 filings loaded: raised $5,036,442; PACs 18% of money raised; small donors 19%; cash on hand $4,588,845. 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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