# Michelle Axtman

Michelle Axtman is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/281253e2-e075-4cde-92dd-20d097bc2b3b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/281253e2-e075-4cde-92dd-20d097bc2b3b (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Axtman missed 5.9% of 998 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the North Dakota Senate (average 98.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 21 donors and 572 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 73% (79%). 45 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-04 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1628 · HB 1628 AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12-60-24, subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05, and chapter… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1628/
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2407 · SB 2407 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the state historical society for the North Dakota military museum project; to amend and reenact section… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2407/
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2405 · SB 2405 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 57-02-08.9, section 57-20-09, and subsection 1 of section 57-55-03 of the North Dakota… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2405/
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2406 · SB 2406 A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 44-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting agencies from entering nondisclosure… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2406/
- 2026-01-23 · voted not voting · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1621 · HB 1621 AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 15.1-21-01 and section 15.1-21-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requiring the… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1621/
- 2026-01-23 · voted not voting · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1625 · HB 1625 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-10-64 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the sale of the Ray Richards golf course; to provide an… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1625/
- 2026-01-23 · voted not voting · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1623 · HB 1623 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for federal rural health transformation program grant funds; to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1623/
- 2026-01-23 · voted not voting · Motion for Consideration of Amendments on HB 1624 · HB 1624 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offering school breakfast and… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1624/
- 2026-01-23 · voted not voting · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1624 · HB 1624 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offering school breakfast and… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1624/
- 2026-01-23 · voted not voting · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1622 · HB 1622 AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43-17.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; to amend and… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1622/

## Legislation (ND 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 37. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 3 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2408: A BILL for an Act to create and enact subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the scheduling of… (passed one chamber, 2026-09-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2408/
- SB 2400: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-23 and chapter 15.1-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of a… (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2400/
- SB 2354: AN ACT to amend and reenact the new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, as created by House Bill No. 1160, as approved by the… (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2354/
- SB 2341: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the adoption of the interstate compact for… (passed one chamber, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2341/
- SB 2241: AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the authorization and administration of public charter… (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2241/
- SB 2176: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the children's cabinet and designated working groups;… (became law, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2176/
- SB 2043: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 15.1-13-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to denial of or immediate revocation of a teaching… (became law, 2025-03-19) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2043/
- SB 2340: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 15.1-06-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required school counselors; to provide an expiration… (passed one chamber, 2023-03-23) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2340/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/michelle-axtman
- Campaign site: http://axtmanfornd.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AxtmanForND
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.bosch.75
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/axtwoman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-axtman-567b3b174/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/281253e2-e075-4cde-92dd-20d097bc2b3b