Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Heidi Heitkamp

DEMOCRAT U.S. Senator · North DakotaSenate 2013–2019

Heidi Heitkamp was a Democratic U.S. senator from North Dakota, first elected to Congress in 2013, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (113th–115th Congress).

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91Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

7Passed a chamberof 68 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

4Became law4 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 113th–115th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

S. 943 Johnson-O'Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act
Dec 31, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-404.
S. 3752 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Land Restoration Act of 2018
Dec 13, 2018 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S. 1942 Savanna's Act
Dec 10, 2018 · Held at the desk.
S.Res. 713 A resolution celebrating the 160th anniversary of the Ladies Christian Association, which became the Young Women's Christian Association.
Dec 3, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7257)
S. 2788 A bill to repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of North Dakota over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Devils Lake…
Nov 28, 2018 · Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Heitkamp has won

Sen. Heitkamp has won 1 U.S. Senate election (2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.9 to 0.9 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 0.9 points2012, ND Senate

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, North Dakota Senate (class 1)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Kent Conrad (D) 1994–2006 → Heidi Heitkamp (D) 2012 → Kevin Cramer (R) 2018–2024.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has North Dakota done while Sen. Heitkamp served?

2013 to 2018 in North Dakota: typical household income was up 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

North Dakota: $75.4K in 2013 → $80.0K in 2018

North Dakota up 6%U.S. up 10%

Share of people below the poverty line

North Dakota: 11.8% in 2013 → 10.7% in 2018

North Dakota down 1.1 pointsU.S. down 2.7 points

Share of workers looking for a job

North Dakota: 2.6% in 2013 → 2.8% in 2018

North Dakota about the sameU.S. down 3.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in North Dakota during Heitkamp’s time representing it (2013 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

North Dakota’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 44 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	44	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	6	See the 6 →
With a committee report listed	3	See the 3 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.