# Bernice Mireku-North

Bernice Mireku-North is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 14
- Serving since: 2023-01-11
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c5a06a0d-f611-4526-8674-23e035caab74

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5a06a0d-f611-4526-8674-23e035caab74 (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

The policy areas Mireku-North talks about and legislates on agree at 0.64 on a 0–1 scale, in the top quarter of State House Democrats.

## What Mireku-North says (MD 2025–26 session)

57 classified statements: 57 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Mireku-North | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 1.8% | 10.4% | 619 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 63.2% | 39.2% | 80 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 42.1% | 14.4% | 17 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 36% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 19% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Health 19% (State House Democrats 15%); Families 14% (State House Democrats 5.0%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.03), from 268 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 100% (97.0%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · On Third Reading (Emerg) · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · On Third Reading (Const) · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Grammer /423321/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · Motion to Suspend Rules from 1st to 2nd Rdg (Emerg) · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · Committee Amendments · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Miller /863422/1 Ruled Out of Order Decision of the Chair · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Schmidt /413029/1 Ruled out of order Decision of the Chair · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Buckel /403926/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Szeliga /633228/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Long, R. /183623/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/

## Legislation (MD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 118 bills: 118 reached committee, 67 passed one chamber, 45 passed both, 43 became law. Cosponsored 0. 56.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 52 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1574: Child Care Providers - Licensing and Registration Alterations (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1574/
- HB 1575: Correctional Services and Public Safety - Immigration Enforcement - Prohibitions (Community Trust Act) (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1575/
- HB 1300: African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1300/
- HB 1293: Behavioral Health Programs - Residents at Inpatient Facilities - Sex Offender Registry Compliance (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1293/
- HB 1310: Public High Schools - Student Transcripts - Traumatic Loss Notation (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1310/
- HB 1321: Child Care Scholarship Program - Application Process and Copays - Alterations (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1321/
- HB 1274: Education - Posthumous Diploma Awards - Established (Eric's Law) (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1274/
- HB 1309: Commission to Review and Assess Racial Disparities in the State Criminal Justice System - Establishment (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1309/
- HB 1305: State Child Welfare System - Reporting (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1305/
- HB 1261: Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence Toys (Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act) (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1261/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $35.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-12-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/2005832415592186345
- 2025-12-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/2005832417269928284
- 2025-12-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/1996688320248594443
- 2025-11-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/1991912638415310902
- 2025-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/1981446078734983607
- 2025-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/1978114558645391843
- 2025-06-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/1937230582368371199
- 2025-06-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/1930364545559633923
- 2025-06-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/1929975253666582787
- 2025-05-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/MirekuNorth delegatebmn/status/1924585255157022819

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/mireku01
- Campaign site: https://www.mirekunorth.com/
- X: https://x.com/MirekuNorth
- X: https://x.com/delegatebmn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mirekunorth/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelegateBMN/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delegatebmn/?hl=fr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mirekunorth/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5a06a0d-f611-4526-8674-23e035caab74