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Ted Budd

Ted Budd

RRepublicanNC · Senator
70
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance98
Avg: 98
Independence68
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone41
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency23
Avg: 47

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
OverviewStatementsBillsFinanceVotesElections
Ted Budd

Ted Budd

RepublicanNC · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.634)
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Ted Budd is a Republican Senator from NC. He has served 9 years in Congress across 3 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 32.5% of the time.

9
Years in Office
3
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

32.5%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
214 votes against party
2.2%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
34
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Ted Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty-13.6% vs avg
32.5%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-0.1% vs avg
2.2%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+4.3 vs avg
34
Avg: 29.7

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Joint Economic CommitteeSenate Committee on Armed ServicesSenate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationSenate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipSenate Select Committee on Intelligence

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31

$429,158
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,108,351
Total Receiptsⓘ
$961,551
Disbursementsⓘ
$731,408
Individual Donors
$201,750
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2017–2023House · NC-13 · Republican
2023–PresentSenate · NC · RepublicanCurrent

State Demographics

NC · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

10,584,340
Population
$71,043
Median Income
38.8
Median Age
34.7%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 63.3%Black 20.6%Hispanic 10.9%Asian 3.2%