North Dakota House · District 20

Dave Rustebakke's North Dakota House voting record

Republican

Dave Rustebakke holds the seat Jared Hagert left; District 20's Republicans chose him on April 11, 2026.

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Dave Rustebakke (Republican) is a member of the North Dakota House for District 20. This page covers the 7 floor roll calls held while Dave Rustebakke was in office, from Sept. 2, 2026 to Sept. 4, 2026. Didn't vote on 0% of roll calls. Below are the contested votes where Dave Rustebakke split from the Speaker or the party, recent key votes, every roll call with filters, the bills Dave Rustebakke sponsored and contact details.

Votes with the Speaker —Not enough votes to score. Votes with own party —Not enough votes to score. Didn't vote at roll call 0% 0 of 7 roll calls
Bills passed 0 0 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 71 of 94 in the House (tied with 23 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Dave Rustebakke's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 3 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

Too few contested votes yet to place; shown at their party's middle.

On the November 3 ballot

Running for North Dakota House District 20. Special election.

Also on the ballot: Nikolaus Groenewold (Democratic-NPL)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker
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Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Dave Rustebakke.

Votes with own party
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Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Dave Rustebakke.

On 4 party-line votes

Bills

The bills Dave Rustebakke sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills
Sponsored0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Vetoed by the Governor0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 71 of 94 in the House (tied with 23 others) · 63 of 83 Republicans (tied with 20 others)

A bill's sponsor is the legislator the Legislative Council lists as its primary sponsor; co-sponsors aren't counted, and a bill a committee introduced counts for no one.

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Dave Rustebakke sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

These pages don't credit budget items to North Dakota legislators.

Contested votes where they split

0 against the Speaker; 1 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteSpeakerMost of their party
Sept. 4, 2026 SB 2408: Relating to the scheduling of kratom alkaloids and kratom alkaloid derivatives as a schedule I controlled substance; to amend and reenact section 19‑03.1‑22.3…
Final Passage		 Yea Yea Nay

Recent key votes

Dave Rustebakke's most recent key votes: contested or party-line votes that gave the chamber's last word on a whole bill (passage, budgets included, the other chamber's changes or a conference report) or overrode a veto, with what each bill does where a checked explanation exists. The full record is below.

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  1. Sept. 4, 2026
    House
    SB 2407: Relating to jurisdiction of the heritage center; to repeal subsection 3 of section 6 of chapter 17 of the 2025 Session Laws, relating to a donation pledge…
    Voted yea Final Passage · Yeas 71, nays 22

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

  2. Sept. 4, 2026
    House
    SB 2408: Relating to the scheduling of kratom alkaloids and kratom alkaloid derivatives as a schedule I controlled substance; to amend and reenact section 19‑03.1‑22.3…
    Voted yeaAgainst most of their party Final Passage · Yeas 46, nays 47

    What the bill does: We don't have a checked plain-language explanation of this bill yet; the vote page links to the official record.

Every roll call

How Dave Rustebakke voted on each of the 7 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySpeakerYeas–nays
Sept. 4, 2026SB 2407: Relating to jurisdiction of the heritage center; to repeal subsection 3 of section 6 of chapter 17 of the 2025 Session Laws, relating to a donation pledge…
Final Passage		YeaYeaYea71–22
Sept. 4, 2026SB 2408: Relating to the scheduling of kratom alkaloids and kratom alkaloid derivatives as a schedule I controlled substance; to amend and reenact section 19‑03.1‑22.3…
Final Passage		YeaNayYea46–47

Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page
ndlegis.gov
Email
drustebakke@ndlegis.gov
Capitol office
State Capitol 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, ND 58505
701-328-3373

Committees

  • Government Finance

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the North Dakota Legislative Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 22, 2026.

Source: the North Dakota Legislative Council's roll-call records and the House and Senate Journals, Dec. 4, 2024 to Sept. 4, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections