# Tim Mathern

Tim Mathern is a Democratic member of the North Dakota Senate for district 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 1986-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f715b93a-dcf7-4a67-b466-10c2cfad8a60

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f715b93a-dcf7-4a67-b466-10c2cfad8a60 (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

Mathern sits at +0.29 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Mathern says (ND 2025–26 session)

51 classified statements: 51 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Mathern | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 15.7% | 10.3% | 88 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 47.1% | 42.9% | 152 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.9% | 3.4% | 107 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 321 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 21% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Agriculture and Food 13% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Education 13% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 13% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 10 donors and 599 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 90.7% (79%). 53 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 nay · 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 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 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 yea · 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 13 bills: 12 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 33. 30.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 26 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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… (in committee, 2026-09-03) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2406/
- SCR 4024: A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying using dedicated funds in the Capitol building fund to build a legislative… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4024/
- SCR 4009: A concurrent resolution urging Congress to support admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States. (in committee, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4009/
- SB 2316: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to long-term care services for patients with… (in committee, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2316/
- SB 2298: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a valuation reduction for property used as… (in committee, 2025-02-12) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2298/
- SB 2246: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the legislative council for the purpose of contracting with a consultant to study the feasibility and… (in committee, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2246/
- SCR 4004: A concurrent resolution declaring April 21, 2025, through April 28, 2025, as "North Dakota Dark Sky Week," and urging the residents of North Dakota to partake… (in committee, 2025-01-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4004/
- SB 2171: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 25-03.1-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an emergency mental health petition; and to declare an emergency. (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2171/
- SB 2094: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 65-05-08 and section 65-05-09.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the workers'… (in committee, 2025-01-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2094/
- SB 2096: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for regional acute psychiatric treatment and residential… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-28) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2096/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 95% 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.

- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2096266276700074368
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2095130149347840256
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2089911412952809945
- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2088245678937903397
- 2026-08-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2087821949367959834
- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2080637474863186064
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2072463068370534556
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2072083708295733455
- 2026-06-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2069493833541267571
- 2026-06-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sentimmathern, MathernTim/status/2069494687681892733

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/tim-mathern
- X: https://x.com/sentimmathern
- X: https://x.com/MathernTim
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.mathern
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matherntim
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tim_mathern
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SenTimMathern
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@timmathern
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmathern/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f715b93a-dcf7-4a67-b466-10c2cfad8a60