Tim Mathern

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Tim Mathern
Member of the North Dakota Senate from the 11th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 1986
Personal details
Born	(1950-04-19) April 19, 1950 Edgeley, North Dakota
Political party	Democratic-NPL Party
Spouse(s)	Lorene
Residence	Fargo, North Dakota
Alma mater	North Dakota State University, University of Nebraska, Harvard University
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	www.mathern.org

Tim Mathern is a state senator in North Dakota. He also unsuccessfully ran for Governor of North Dakota in 2008.

Early life and education

Mathern grew up on a dairy and grain farm near Edgeley, North Dakota with 12 brothers and sisters. He attended public school in Edgeley before attending Cardinal Muench Seminary in Fargo. Mathern graduated from North Dakota State University and received his Master's degree from the University of Nebraska. For three summers he served in a mission program in Mexico. At age 50, Mathern earned a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Political career

In 1986 he was elected to the North Dakota Senate and has served on the Senate Appropriations, Long Term Care, and Tribal and State Relations, Transportation, Political Subdivisions, Human Services and health Care Reform committees as well as a member of the North Dakota Budget Section Committee. Mathern has served as Assistant Majority leader and as Minority Leader. He was the Democratic-NPL candidate for Governor in 2008.

Other activities

Mathern has been active member with many organizations including Fargo-Cass County Economic Development Corporation, Catholic Charities of North Dakota, Bush Foundation of ND, SD, and MN, and Prairie St. John's, Fargo, ND.

For 30 years, Mathern directed family life and child services programs including marriage preparation, family life education, adoption and foster care. While serving the residents of North Dakota, Mathern has been involved in the ND Health Care Task Force, the Japan-US Health Care Project, International Flood Control Netherlands Project, and Wellspring for the World. Senator Mathern is public policy director for a health care organization.

Personal life

Mathern lives with his family in Fargo, ND. He has three married children and one single adult son. He has five grandchildren.

External links

North Dakota Legislative Assembly - Senator Tim Mathern official Senate website
Tim Mathern for Governor official campaign website
Profile from DakotaPolitics.com
Profile from Project Vote Smart
Follow the Money - Tim Mathern
- 2008 Governor campaign contributions
- 2006 2004 2002 1998 State Senator campaign contributions

Members of the North Dakota State Senate

63rd Legislative Assembly (2013)

President of the Senate: Drew Wrigley (R)
President pro Tempore: Terry M. Wanzek (R)
Majority Leader: Rich Wardner (R)
Minority Leader: Mac Schneider (D-NPL)

Stanley W. Lyson (R)
John M. Andrist (R)
Oley Larsen (R)
John Warner (D-NPL)
Randy Burckhard (R)
David O'Connell (D-NPL)
Nicole Poolman (R)
Howard C. Anderson, Jr. (R)
Richard Marcellais (D-NPL)
Joe Miller (R)
Tim Mathern (D-NPL)
John Grabinger (D-NPL)

Judy Lee (R)
Jerry Klein (R)
Dave Oehlke (R)
Tyler Axness (D-NPL)
Ray Holmberg (R)
Constance Triplett (D-NPL)
Tom Campbell (R)
Philip Murphy (D-NPL)
Carolyn Nelson (D-NPL)
Gary Lee (R)
Joan Heckaman (D-NPL)
Larry Robinson (D-NPL)

Larry Luick (R)
Jim Dotzenrod (D-NPL)
Spencer Berry (R)
Robert Erbele (R)
Terry Wanzek (R)
Ron Carlisle (R)
Donald Schaible (R)
Dick Dever (R)
Jessica K. Unruh (R)
Dwight Cook (R)
Margaret Sitte (R)
Kelly M. Armstrong (R)

Rich Wardner (R)
David Hogue (R)
Bill Bowman (R)
Karen Krebsbach (R)
Tony Grindberg (R)
Mac Schneider (D-NPL)
Lonnie Laffen (R)
Tim Flakoll (R)
Ronald Sorvaag (R)
George B. Sinner (D-NPL)
Ralph Kilzer (R)

Persondata
Name	Mathern, Tim
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1950-04-19
Place of birth	Edgeley, North Dakota
Date of death
Place of death

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