2021-2022 North Carolina Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the North Carolina Legislature in 2021-2022 and ranks their State Senators and House Representatives based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Con-Con - Term Limits

Applies to Congress for an Article V convention of states for the sole purpose of imposing term limits on Congress.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H172 Roll Call 1030348

2. Additional COVID-19 Relief

Appropriates $6,400,545,070 in federal funds received by the State under the ARPA and specifies the estimated amounts to be received by the State.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
S172 Roll Call 1080773

3. Pistol Purchase Permit Repeal

Repeals the pistol purchase permit system in North Carolina.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H398 Roll Call 1073279

4. Con-Con

Would apply to the United States Congress for a Convention of the States to propose amendments to the United States Constitution.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H233 Roll Call 1073120

5. Rural Healthcare Access

Expands Medicaid coverage and invests $1 billion to address the opioid, substance abuse, and mental health crisis using ARPA funds.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
S408 Roll Call 1219820

6. Prohibit Private Money in Elections

Bans North Carolina election boards and officials in counties from accepting private money to run elections (Zuckerbucks).
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
S725 Roll Call 1116297

How did they vote?

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Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
James Cecil Adams R 25%
Gale Brown Adcock D 25%
John Curtis Ager D 33%
Kelly M. Alexander D 33%
Vernetta Alston D 33%
Larry Dean Arp R 33%
Johnnie Newton Autry D 33%
Amber M. Baker D 40%
Kristin Baker R 33%
Cynthia J. Ball D 33%
Mary G. Belk D 33%
John Richard Bell R 33%
Hugh Blackwell R 33%
James Larry Boles R 40%
John Ray Bradford R 40%
William D. Brisson R 50%
Cecil Antonio Brockman D 0%
Mark Allen Brody R 50%
Terry Martin Brown D 33%
Allen Kwabena Buansi D N/A
Dana Bumgardner R 75%
Deb Holladay Butler D 33%
Becky Carney D 33%
Jerry Lee Carter R 33%
James Michael Clampitt R 33%
Ashton Wheeler Clemmons D 33%
George G. Cleveland R 83%
Linda Farmer Cooper-Suggs D 33%
Carla D. Cunningham D 40%
Allison Anne Dahle D 33%
Robert Theodore Davis R 40%
James William Dixon R 33%
Jeffrey Carter Elmore R 60%
Terence Jason Everitt D 33%
John A. Faircloth R 33%
Brian Austin Farkas D 33%
Susan C. Fisher D 40%
Zack Anthony Forde-Hawkins D 40%
James David Gailliard D 33%
Terry Edward Garrison D 33%
Rosa U. Gill D 40%
Karl Ellis Gillespie R 33%
Edward Charles Goodwin R 33%
Charles Graham D 33%
Edwin Dudley Greene R 17%
Destin Chase Hall R 33%
Kyle Hall R 33%
Robert Otho Hanig R 33%
Jonathan Yates Hardister R 33%
Wesley Ryan Harris D 33%
Mary Price Harrison D 33%
Kelly E. Hastings R 33%
Julia C. Howard R 50%
Thomas Christopher Humphrey R 20%
Rachel H. Hunt D 33%
Howard Jacque Hunter D 20%
Patricia Britt Hurley R 33%
Ricardo Alcides Hurtado D 33%
Francis Robertson Iler R 50%
Verla C. Insko D 40%
Joseph R. John D 33%
Jake Johnson R 33%
Abraham Penn Jones D 33%
Brenden Harding Jones R 33%
Keith D. Kidwell R 83%
Donny Carr Lambeth R 33%
Donnie Loftis R N/A
Brandon Marcus Lofton D 40%
Carolyn G. Logan D 40%
Marvin W. Lucas D 33%
Nasif R. Majeed D 33%
David Martin D 33%
Patricia Earlene McElraft R 20%
Jeffrey C. McNeely R 33%
Allen Ray McNeill R 33%
Graig Roy Meyer D 33%
Charles William Miller R 33%
Paul Grey Mills R 40%
Timothy Douglas Moffitt R 40%
Tim Moore R 33%
Marcia Morey D 33%
Ben Thomas Moss R 33%
Erin Pauling Pare R 33%
Howard Penny R 33%
Phillip Ray Pickett R 75%
Garland E. Pierce D 40%
Larry G. Pittman R 100%
Steven Mark Pless R 33%
Larry Wayne Potts R 33%
Reece Pyrtle R N/A
Amos Lewis Quick D 33%
Robert Tyrone Reives D 40%
William O. Richardson D 20%
Dennis Patrick Riddell R 50%
James Roberson D 33%
David Rogers R 40%
Caleb Rudow D N/A
Jason Saine R 33%
Clayton Wayne Sasser R 33%
John Irwin Sauls R 33%
Mitchell Smith Setzer R 50%
Phillip R. Shepard R 33%
Carson Henry Smith R 67%
Kandie Diane Smith D 25%
Raymond Edward Smith D 40%
Sarah S. Stevens R 50%
Larry Craig Strickland R 33%
John David Szoka R 33%
Evelyn A. Terry D 40%
John A. Torbett R 67%
Brian Mills Turner D 40%
John Steven Tyson R 40%
Julie Marie von Haefen D 40%
Harry Warren R 60%
Samuel Lee Watford R 33%
Diane D. Wheatley R 33%
Donna McDowell White R 33%
Shelly Willingham D 50%
David Allen Willis R 33%
Matthew Dale Winslow R 40%
Michael H. Wray D 33%
Lawrence Yarborough R 25%
Walter Lee Zachary R 0%
Jeffrey Alan Zenger R 33%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat33.8%
Republican39.6%
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