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U.S. Senator · North Carolina
Ted Budd
RepublicanState R+1119th Congress
Typical swing score36#60 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Ted Budd’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office354 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 4 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 4 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 315, S. 567, S. 725, S. 861.
- WeakCompetitive state: North Carolina is R+1North Carolina has a partisan lean of R+1 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with Senate RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.634 (party median +0.558; rank 38 of 53 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 100 (avg 88); LCV 3 (avg 3).
Bill-specific inputs
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 9.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Joint Economic CommitteeMajority · 3rd in seniority
- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesMajority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Airland
- Subcommittee on Personnel
- Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationMajority · 9th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Budd← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.634 is 0.08 to the right of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average- 119th Congress100Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.Res. 943A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of a National Move Over Law Day.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 41
| Middle |
| S.Res. 944A resolution designating September 2026 as "School Bus Safety Month".Summary on Congress.gov |