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Mike Schatz
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Republican Party

North Dakota House of Representatives District 39
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Prior offices
North Dakota House of Representatives
North Dakota House of Representatives District 36

Compensation

Base salary

$592/month

Per diem

$213/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

New England High School

Bachelor's

Minot State University, 1976

Personal
Profession
Farmer/Rancher
Contact

Official website

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Mike Schatz (Republican Party) is a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 39. He assumed office on December 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 1, 2026.

Schatz (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 39. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Schatz served in the House from 1988 to 1990.

Biography

Mike Schatz graduated from New England High School. Schatz earned a B.S. from Minot State University in 1976. His career experience includes working as a farmer/rancher, a teacher, and a coach. Schatz served as the vice president of the Education Standards & Practices Board and the president of the New England Park Board.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Schatz was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Schatz was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Schatz was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

North Dakota committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Schatz served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Schatz served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Schatz served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Schatz served on the following committee:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Mike Schatz and incumbent Keith Kempenich won election in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 39 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Schatz (R)
 
51.7
 
4,628
✔
Image of Keith Kempenich
Keith Kempenich (R)
 
46.8
 
4,184
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
132

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,944
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 39 (2 seats)

Incumbent Mike Schatz and incumbent Keith Kempenich defeated Lyn James, Thea Lee, and John Pretzer in the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 39 on June 14, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Schatz
 
26.3
 
1,696
✔
Image of Keith Kempenich
Keith Kempenich
 
22.0
 
1,415
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Lyn James
 
20.5
 
1,322
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Thea Lee
 
16.7
 
1,077
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John Pretzer
 
14.4
 
926
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
7

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,443
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2020

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Mike Schatz and incumbent Luke Simons defeated Linda Weiss, Steve Krebs, and Rebecca Ferderer in the general election for North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mike Schatz (R)
 
41.6
 
6,748
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Luke Simons (R)
 
38.6
 
6,273
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Linda Weiss (D)
 
6.9
 
1,128
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Steve Krebs (D)
 
6.7
 
1,093
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Rebecca Ferderer (Independent)
 
6.0
 
971
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
25

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 16,238
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 (2 seats)

Linda Weiss and Steve Krebs advanced from the Democratic primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 on June 9, 2020.

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%
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Linda Weiss
 
53.3
 
368
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Steve Krebs
 
46.7
 
322

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 690
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 (2 seats)

Incumbent Mike Schatz and incumbent Luke Simons advanced from the Republican primary for North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Schatz
Mike Schatz
 
54.9
 
2,808
✔
Image of Luke Simons
Luke Simons
 
44.3
 
2,264
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
41

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,113
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2016

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the North Dakota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 11, 2016.

Incumbent Mike Schatz and Luke Simons defeated Linda Kittilson and Dean Meyer in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 general election.[3][4]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 36 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mike Schatz Incumbent 39.77% 5,318
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Luke Simons 39.17% 5,238
     Democratic Linda Kittilson 9.69% 1,296
     Democratic Dean Meyer 11.36% 1,519
Total Votes 13,371
Source: North Dakota Secretary of State


Linda Kittilson and Dean Meyer were unopposed in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 Democratic primary.[5][6]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 36 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Linda Kittilson
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dean Meyer


Incumbent Mike Schatz and Luke Simons defeated incumbent Alan Fehr in the North Dakota House of Representatives District 36 Republican primary.[5][6]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 36 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mike Schatz Incumbent 37.49% 1,845
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Luke Simons 37.68% 1,854
     Republican Alan Fehr Incumbent 24.83% 1,222
Total Votes 4,921

2012

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Schatz ran in the 2012 election for North Dakota State House District 36. Schatz and Alan Fehr ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 12. They defeated Bev Berger (D) and incumbent Shirley Meyer (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 36 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Schatz Incumbent 33.8% 4,390
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAlan Fehr 26.7% 3,465
     Democratic Shirley Meyer 24.8% 3,216
     Democratic Bev Berger 14.6% 1,900
Total Votes 12,971

2008

See also: North Dakota House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Schatz won election by finishing 2nd out of 4 candidates for District 36 of the North Dakota House of Representatives.[9]

North Dakota House of Representatives, District 36
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Shirley Meyer (D-NPL) 3,534
Green check mark transparent.png Mike Schatz (R) 3,098
Frank Klein (R) 2,879
Todd M Hall (D-NPL) 2,637

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Mike Schatz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Mike Schatz campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022North Dakota House of Representatives District 39Won general$18,796 $0
2020North Dakota House of Representatives District 36Won general$13,103 N/A**
2016North Dakota House of Representatives, District 36Won $10,500 N/A**
2012North Dakota State House, District 36Won $6,850 N/A**
2008North Dakota State House, District 36Won $15,650 N/A**
Grand total$64,899 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

NDPC: North Dakota Legislative Review

See also: North Dakota Policy Council Legislative Review (2011)

The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota-based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as "liberty-based", published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session. The scorecard seeks to show how North Dakota legislators voted on the principles the Council seeks to promote. The Council recorded and scored votes on both spending bills and policy bills, and awarded points accordingly. Policy issues voted upon included income tax cuts, pension reform, and government transparency. On spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted against. On policy legislation, scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates that the legislator voted more in favor of the values supported by the Council.[11] Schatz received a score of 85.54% on policy legislation and voted against 41.30% of state spending. Schatz was ranked 5th on policy and 5th on spending, out of 94 House members evaluated for the study.[12]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ North Dakota Legislative Branch, "Mike Schatz," accessed January 30, 2023
    2. ↑ LinkedIn, "Mike Schatz," accessed January 30, 2023
    3. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed August 21, 2016
    4. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed November 28, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed April 13, 2016
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 North Dakota Secretary of State, "Official Results Primary Election - June 14, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
    7. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
    8. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2012 General Election results," accessed May 13, 2014
    9. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State, "2008 General Election Results," accessed May 22, 2014
    10. ↑ The Bismarck Tribune, "N.D. House leader: Special session starts Nov. 7," accessed September 15, 2011
    11. ↑ North Dakota Policy Council, "The North Dakota Legislative Review - 2011," accessed January 20, 2014
    12. ↑ North Dakota Policy Council, "2011 North Dakota Legislative Review Rankings," accessed January 26, 2014


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