# Mike Dwyer

Mike Dwyer is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 47
- Serving since: 2018-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/704150b0-5d7f-43ea-afd5-b6f059463575

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/704150b0-5d7f-43ea-afd5-b6f059463575 (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

0% of Dwyer’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Dakota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.02), from 4 donors and 595 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 85% (79%). 51 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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, 6 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 19. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 10 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2381: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 39-06-49, subsection 1 of section 39-06.2-07, subsection 2 of section 39-06.2-08, subdivision c of subsection 3… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2381/
- SCR 4008: A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact section 1 of article XV of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to term limits for members of the… (passed both chambers, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4008/
- SB 2355: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to intelligent design in science content… (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2355/
- SB 2291: AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 30.1-28 and two new sections to chapter 30.1-29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to removal,… (became law, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2291/
- SB 2290: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 32-03.2-01 and 32-03.2-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to when a court or jury may give exemplary damages. (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2290/
- SB 2245: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1-04-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the use of blinds, boats, and decoys in taking ducks and geese. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2245/
- SB 2153: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 61-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to water conveyance projects and works. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2153/
- SB 2326: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 61-02-01.3, 61-02-02, and 61-03-21.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the use of economic… (passed both chambers, 2023-04-21) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2326/
- SB 2282: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 28-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the limitation on claims for sexual assault; and to… (became law, 2023-04-14) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2282/
- SB 2222: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 30.1-29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency conservators; to amend and reenact section… (became law, 2023-03-30) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2222/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/michael-dwyer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.dwyer.75054
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-dwyer-47ba9359/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/704150b0-5d7f-43ea-afd5-b6f059463575