# Terry Wanzek

Terry Wanzek is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2006-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b40f2559-d9ae-41c2-b539-bd9c673cd90d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b40f2559-d9ae-41c2-b539-bd9c673cd90d (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

100% of Wanzek’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Dakota, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 8 donors and 593 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 85% (79%). 42 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 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, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 40. 42.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 24 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2390: AN ACT to create and enact three new sections to chapter 54-40.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a rural catalyst committee, grant program, and… (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2390/
- SB 2391: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating Stutsman county road 62 as part… (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2391/
- SB 2394: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to association community bylaws and board of… (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2394/
- SB 2333: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a low-carbon fuels fund; to amend and reenact… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2333/
- SB 2327: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 4.1-01.1-07 and 4.1-01.1-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to uses of the agriculture diversification and… (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2327/
- SB 2328: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 54 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a life science research council; to repeal… (in committee, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2328/
- SB 2142: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 57-40.3-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to motor vehicle excise tax allocations; and to provide… (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2142/
- SB 2329: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a county highway aid fund; to amend and… (passed one chamber, 2023-03-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2329/
- SB 2328: AN ACT to create a school funding task force; and to provide for a legislative management report. (became law, 2023-05-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2328/
- SB 2275: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 57-51.1-07.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state share of oil and gas taxes. (in committee, 2023-02-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2275/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/terry-m-wanzek
- X: https://x.com/tmwanzek1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wanzekforNDsenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tmwanzek
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrym.wanzek
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-wanzek-5a636196/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b40f2559-d9ae-41c2-b539-bd9c673cd90d