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Jerry Dyer

Independent · Mayor of Fresno · California · Spectrum score +7

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Jerry Dyer is Mayor of Fresno in California. Political positions and ideology score +7 (Center). Jerry Phillip Dyer is an American politician and former law enforcement officer.

Term ends: Jan 7, 2029
Email: Mayor@fresno.gov
Phone: 559-621-8000
Office: 2600 Fresno Street, Room 2075, Fresno, CA 93721
Wikipedia: Background

Salary: —

Where Jerry stands on the spectrum

Jerry Dyer scores +7 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +7 · Center · economic +4 · social +8 · authoritarian +6

Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Jerry Phillip Dyer is an American politician and former law enforcement officer. He is the 26th and current mayor of Fresno, California. Previously, he served as the chief of the Fresno Police Department.

Local file. No DW-NOMINATE, no STOCK Act table. The score is a party-and-record estimate. Contact is from the public office listing.

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Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +4
Social: +8
Authoritarian: +6
Confidence: 68

Taxes & spending+6
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care-6
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy+4
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+10
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+8
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+14
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion-8
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns+10
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+20
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+8
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+18
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+6
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

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Sources

Ballotpedia, mayors of the 100 largest cities, August 2026
Open States people (municipalities)
fresno.gov
en.wikipedia.org
Local contact is from the public office listing. Scores are modeled, not a roll-call.