2025 NC Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the North Carolina General Assembly in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Ban on State-sponsored Sex Mutilation

Would restrict the use of public monies for "gender transition procedures."
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H606 Passed 69 to 41 on May 6, 2025

2. Article V Convention

Would apply to Congress to call a "convention of the states" under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No
H379 Passed 62 to 51 on May 7, 2025

3. North Carolina Border Protection Act

Would have required state law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials, prevented state-funded benefits from being provided to non-citizens residing in the United States illegally, and prohibited sanctuary policies at the University of North Carolina.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
S153 Passed 60 to 46 on Jun 4, 2025

4. Permitless Firearm Carry

Would have allowed U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years of age to carry a concealed handgun without a permit.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
S50 Passed 59 to 48 on Jun 11, 2025

5. Iryna's Law

Eliminates cashless bail for criminal defendants charged with a "violent offense," and expedites the process for implementing the death penalty.
Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes
H307 Passed 81 to 31 on Sep 23, 2025

6. Increasing Medicaid Funding

Would appropriate at least $690 million in Medicaid funding for each year of the FY 2025-2027 biennium, among other provisions.
Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$145.50/year
S405 Passed 110 to 0 on Oct 22, 2025

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 60%
John Eric Ager D 17%
Jonathan L. Almond R 60%
Vernetta Alston D 0%
Larry Dean Arp R 67%
Amber M. Baker D 0%
Cynthia J. Ball D 17%
Mary G. Belk D 17%
John Richard Bell R 60%
Brian Oneal Biggs R 67%
Hugh Blackwell R 60%
John M. Blust R 67%
Jerry Branson R 67%
William D. Brisson R 40%
Cecil Antonio Brockman D 25%
Mark Allen Brody R 67%
Gloristine Williams Brown D 17%
Kanika Shevon Brown D 33%
Terry Martin Brown D 33%
Allen Kwabena Buansi D 17%
Laura Huntingdon Budd D 33%
Deb Holladay Butler D 17%
Celeste Coppage Cairns R 67%
Grant L. Campbell R 67%
Jennifer Capps Balkcom R 67%
Becky Carney D 17%
Todd Carver R 67%
Maria Louisa Saulog Cervania D 17%
Gregory Allen Chesser R 60%
James Michael Clampitt R 80%
Tracy Clark D 17%
Bryan Cohn D 33%
Mike Colvin D 17%
Patricia Ann Cotham R 50%
Sarah Randall Crawford D 17%
Carla D. Cunningham D 17%
Allison Anne Dahle D 17%
Robert Theodore Davis R 67%
Aisha O. Dew D N/A
James William Dixon R 50%
Brian Echevarria R 67%
Blair Eddins R 83%
Zack Anthony Forde-Hawkins D 17%
Wyatt Gable R 67%
Karl Ellis Gillespie R 60%
Edward Charles Goodwin R 80%
Edwin Dudley Greene R 67%
Julia Greenfield D 17%
Destin Chase Hall R 67%
Kyle Hall R 60%
Mary Price Harrison D 17%
Kelly E. Hastings R 60%
Beth Helfrich D 33%
Julia C. Howard R 67%
Thomas Christopher Humphrey R 60%
Cody Huneycutt R 100%
Francis Robertson Iler R 67%
Frances Vinell Jackson D 17%
Maze O'Neal Jackson R 67%
Brannon Ray Jeffers D 17%
Jake Johnson R 67%
Monika Johnson-Hostler D 17%
Abraham Penn Jones D 17%
Brenden Harding Jones R 80%
Keith D. Kidwell R 83%
Donny Carr Lambeth R 67%
Ya Liu D 33%
Donnie Loftis R 67%
Brandon Marcus Lofton D 33%
Carolyn G. Logan D 33%
Tim Longest D 33%
Jordan Lopez D 17%
Jarrod Marshall Lowery R 75%
Nasif R. Majeed D 33%
Jeffrey C. McNeely R 67%
Charles William Miller R 67%
Marcia Morey D 17%
Ben Thomas Moss R 75%
Erin Pauling Pare R 60%
Howard Penny R 67%
Phillip Ray Pickett R 83%
Garland E. Pierce D 50%
Rodney D. Pierce D 40%
Joseph Patrick Pike R 67%
Dante Pittman D 60%
Steven Mark Pless R 67%
Larry Wayne Potts R 80%
Lindsey Anne Prather D 20%
Renee Ann Price D 17%
Reece Pyrtle R 67%
Amos Lewis Quick D 20%
Timothy John Reeder R 67%
Robert Tyrone Reives D 33%
Heather H. Rhyne R 67%
Dennis Patrick Riddell R 67%
James Roberson D 20%
Stephen Miles Ross R 50%
Phil Rubin D 17%
John Irwin Sauls R N/A
Mike Schietzelt R 60%
Paul Scott R 80%
Mitchell Smith Setzer R 67%
Phillip R. Shepard R 60%
Carson Henry Smith R 60%
Charles Ruppe Smith D 50%
Sarah S. Stevens R 80%
Larry Craig Strickland R 60%
John A. Torbett R 83%
Brian Mills Turner D 50%
John Steven Tyson R 60%
Julie Marie von Haefen D 17%
William Thomas Ward R 67%
Harry Warren R 80%
Samuel Lee Watford R 80%
Diane D. Wheatley R 60%
Donna McDowell White R 67%
Shelly Willingham D 17%
David Allen Willis R 50%
Matthew Dale Winslow R 67%
Jeffrey Alan Zenger R 60%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat23.8%
Republican67%
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