Mike Dwyer
Republican · ND · ND State Senator
Mike Dwyer serves in the North Dakota Senate and is an attorney and farmer who was executive director of the North Dakota Water Education Foundation. He holds a law degree from the University of North Dakota.
Where Mike Dwyer stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records), Immigration (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record),
Opposes
Anti-Corruption (1 record), Public Education Quality (1 record), Corporate Accountability (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 oppose
Voted for Senate Bill 2350, a bill to close public employee discipline records to the public for a time. The North Dakota Senate rejected it 22-25, so it did not become law.
February 24, 2025Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Voted for Senate Bill 2069, which makes newspapers post legal notices on the statewide legal notices website at no extra charge. The North Dakota Senate passed it 32-15, and it became law.
April 16, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legiscan.com
Voted for Senate Bill 2258, which makes an agency cite the law behind an enforcement action within ten days when asked. The North Dakota Senate passed it 30-17, and it became law.
February 24, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 1600, which sets up an immigration law clinic at the University of North Dakota school of law. The North Dakota Senate passed it 34-13, and it became law.
April 10, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 1217, which repeals the law making it a crime to willfully transfer a body fluid containing HIV. The North Dakota Senate passed it 34-13, and it became law.
March 13, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 1500, which protects the right to rebuild a home that no longer fits current zoning. The North Dakota Senate passed it 31-16, and it became law.
March 26, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted for Senate Bill 2352, which lets a child of 18 months or younger live with their mother at the Heart River correctional center. The North Dakota Senate passed it 28-18, and it became law.
February 20, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 oppose
Voted for Senate Bill 2355, a bill to put intelligent design into the state's science standards. The North Dakota Senate rejected it 22-25, so it did not become law.
February 24, 2025Opposes Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 1178, which requires school districts to let students old enough to vote leave campus to do so. The North Dakota Senate passed it 24-23, and it became law.
March 7, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 oppose
Voted for House Bill 1318, which limits when a pesticide maker can be sued for failing to warn about health risks. The North Dakota Senate passed it 29-18, and it became law.
April 14, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Wrote a new state law updating North Dakota's rules for water conveyance projects and works; the Senate passed it 44-0, the House 91-1, and the governor signed it (Senate Bill 2153).
March 18, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: ndlegis.gov
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Introduced and led a law rewriting North Dakota's rules for guardianships and conservatorships, the court arrangements where someone else makes decisions or manages money for a person a court finds unable to do so. It spelled out who counts as an interested person entitled to notice, let a juvenile guardianship run up to 90 more days when a review hearing is delayed, and gathered scattered definitions into one chapter. The Governor signed it (Senate Bill 2291).
April 30, 2025
Source: ndlegis.gov
Voted against House Bill 1216, which makes health plans count drug maker coupons toward a person's deductible and out-of-pocket maximum. The North Dakota Senate passed it 29-18, and it became law.
April 21, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House Bill 1225, which adds a new felony level for reckless endangerment with a firearm. The North Dakota Senate passed it 26-20, and it became law.
April 9, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against House Bill 1497, which lets school districts take some younger children into four-year-old programs. The North Dakota Senate passed it 28-19, and it became law.
March 14, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Past race Mike Dwyer ran in:
- State Senator · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 47; North Dakota · incumbent