Bob Paulson

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 3 · Republican

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Shor-McCarty · votesVery Conservative

More conservative than 93% of North Dakota House members

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Score+1.16 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.45 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.70)

Compared with281 members of North Dakota House members (1997–2022)

Covers2019–2022

● This person Democrats (82) Republicans (199)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More conservative than 73% of 2018 North Dakota House candidates

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Score+1.15 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.07 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.09)

Compared with95 members of 2018 North Dakota House candidates

Covers2018

● This person Democrats (37) Republicans (57)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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