Nonpartisan · Data from OpenStates / Plural Policy · North Carolina
Votes with Democrats
94%
on 236 party-line votes · Senate Democrats median 96%
Cast a vote
93%
Yea or Nay on 640 of 691 roll calls · Senate median 93%
Their bills that became law
0 of 22
as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 0
Roll calls on record
691
2025-2026 Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2025-2026 Session.
How Gale Adcock votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Gale Adcock sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Gale Adcock is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
15 of 236 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
H268 · 2026 Budget Technical Corrections – II
Conference Rpt Second Reading · 2026-07-28 · Passed 34–8 · most Democrats voted the other way
H958 · Election Law Changes
Amendment 1 · 2026-07-28 · Passed 31–11 · most Democrats voted the other way
S1092 · 2026 Senate & House Appointments
Second Reading · 2026-07-28 · Passed 32–9 · most Democrats voted the other way
S257 · 2026 Appropriations Act
Conference Rpt Third Reading · 2026-07-02 · Passed 35–10 · most Democrats voted the other way
S257 · 2026 Appropriations Act
Conference Rpt Second Reading · 2026-07-01 · Passed 36–13 · most Democrats voted the other way
H517 · Modify Nonprofit Corp. Act/Charitable Org
Second Reading · 2026-06-24 · Passed 32–10 · most Democrats voted the other way
S474 · Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium
Second Reading Motion 9 To Concur · 2026-06-23 · Failed 12–33 · most Democrats voted the other way
S889 · Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium
Third Reading · 2026-05-06 · Passed 35–8 · most Democrats voted the other way
S889 · Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium
Second Reading · 2026-05-05 · Passed 36–9 · most Democrats voted the other way
S416 · Personal Privacy Protection Act
Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt · 2025-06-26 · Passed 24–15 · most Democrats voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
S257 · 2026 Appropriations Act
Amendment 4 Motion 1 To Table · 2025-04-16 · Passed 25–22
S249 · Realign Congressional Districts 2025
Amendment 4 Motion 1 To Table · 2025-10-20 · Passed 25–20
H442 · Flounder/Red Snapper Seasons & Shrimp Trawl
Amendment 4 Motion 1 To Table · 2025-06-18 · Passed 25–20
H171 · Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI
Second Reading · 2025-06-25 · Passed 26–20
H193 · Firearm Law Revisions
Amendment 1 Motion 1 To Table · 2025-06-25 · Passed 26–20
Republicans they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Bob BrinsonRepublican · District 3 · 241 shared contested votes
14%
Norman SandersonRepublican · District 2 · 250 shared contested votes
13%
Bobby HanigRepublican · District 1 · 212 shared contested votes
13%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (51 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Gale Adcock was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced22
Out of committee0
Passed one chamber0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee22
For comparison, the median Democratic member of the Senate has 0 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
Public 19Health Services 15Appropriations 9Budgeting 9Occupations 8Insurance, Health 8
Increase Oral Health Care Access in NC
Not out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2026-04-23
Modernize Medicaid Primary Care Rates
Not out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2026-04-23
North Carolina Work and Save
Not out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2025-05-01
Health Information Exchange Act Revisions
Not out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2025-04-01
Needle Free Epinephrine for Schoolchildren
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-26
Opt-In to Student Health
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-26
Medicaid SUD Services Rate Adjustment Act
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-26
Medicaid Rates/Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Not out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2025-03-26
Parity Enhancement for Addiction Recovery
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-26
APRN Definitions
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-26
Hospital Petition/Discharge Incapable Adults
Not out of committeeRe-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-25
Revise Child Passenger Restraint System Law
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-25
Healthy Students – A Nurse in Every School
Not out of committeeRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate · 2025-03-24
Increase Medicaid PCS and PDN Rates
Not out of committeeRe-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget · 2025-03-24
Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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H377 · 2026-07-29
2026 Court Changes (Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt)
S69 · 2026-07-29
Various Local Provisions V (Motion 9 To Concur)
H562 · 2026-07-29
Budget Technical Corrections Modifications (Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt)
S177 · 2026-07-29
Continuing Budget Adjustments (Motion 9 To Concur)
S445 · 2026-07-29
Regulatory Reform Act of 2026 (Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt)
H268 · 2026-07-29
2026 Budget Technical Corrections – II (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
S403 · 2026-07-29
Additional Medicaid Funds and Requirements (Motion 9 To Concur)
H147 · 2026-07-29
Various Local Provisions XI (Third Reading)
S1092 · 2026-07-28
2026 Senate & House Appointments (Amendment 1)
S1092 · 2026-07-28
2026 Senate & House Appointments (Second Reading)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 1)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 10 Motion 1 To Table)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 2 Motion 1 To Table)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 3 Motion 1 To Table)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 5)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 6 Motion 1 To Table)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 7 Motion 1 To Table)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 8 Motion 1 To Table)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Amendment 9 Motion 1 To Table)
H958 · 2026-07-28
Election Law Changes (Second Reading)
H834 · 2026-07-28
SBOE Administrative Changes (Amendment 1)
H834 · 2026-07-28
SBOE Administrative Changes (Second Reading)
H116 · 2026-07-28
Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
H268 · 2026-07-28
2026 Budget Technical Corrections – II (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
S1091 · 2026-07-28
Adjournment Resolution (Second Reading)
H147 · 2026-07-28
Various Local Provisions XI (Amendment 1)
H147 · 2026-07-28
Various Local Provisions XI (Second Reading)
H328 · 2026-07-02
Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables (Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt)
S257 · 2026-07-02
2026 Appropriations Act (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
H56 · 2026-07-02
2026 Budget Technical Corrections (Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt)
H1244 · 2026-07-02
Adjournment Resolution (Second Reading)
H1220 · 2026-07-02
Various Local Provisions IX (Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt)
S355 · 2026-07-02
Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB (Motion 9 To Concur)
H116 · 2026-07-02
Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
H1040 · 2026-07-01
Pitt-Greenville Airport Authority Changes (Third Reading)
S1041 · 2026-07-01
Public Workforce Modernization Act (Motion 9 To Concur House Amend)
S876 · 2026-07-01
Various Local Provisions X (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
S801 · 2026-07-01
Address Confidentiality/Study & DL (Amendment 1)
S801 · 2026-07-01
Address Confidentiality/Study & DL (Second Reading)
S257 · 2026-07-01
2026 Appropriations Act (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
H332 · 2026-07-01
Nash/Rocky Mount Occupancy Tax Changes (Third Reading)
S474 · 2026-07-01
Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium (Conference Rpt Third Reading)
S1076 · 2026-07-01
Rocky Mount/Louisburg Utility Rev./Advisory (Motion 9 To Concur)
H169 · 2026-07-01
Haywood/Cherokee/Leland Occ. Tax. Mods (Third Reading)
H1094 · 2026-07-01
Ferry Div. Audit/DOT Omnibus (Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt)
S474 · 2026-06-30
Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
H1173 · 2026-06-30
Jaleeyah's Law (Second Reading)
S1001 · 2026-06-30
Coastal Regulatory Reform (Amendment 1)
S1001 · 2026-06-30
Coastal Regulatory Reform (Amendment 2 Motion 1 To Table)
S1001 · 2026-06-30
Coastal Regulatory Reform (Second Reading)
S648 · 2026-06-30
Winter Sports Safety and Accidents (Motion 9 To Concur)
S876 · 2026-06-30
Various Local Provisions X (Conference Rpt Second Reading)
H1222 · 2026-06-30
Record Development Approval Votes/Brunswick (Amendment 1)
H1222 · 2026-06-30
Record Development Approval Votes/Brunswick (Second Reading)
H920 · 2026-06-30
Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Prot. Act (Second Reading)
H1040 · 2026-06-30
Pitt-Greenville Airport Authority Changes (Second Reading)
S1088 · 2026-06-30
Appt. Floyd McKissick NC Utilities (Second Reading)
H332 · 2026-06-30
Nash/Rocky Mount Occupancy Tax Changes (Amendment 1)
H332 · 2026-06-30
Nash/Rocky Mount Occupancy Tax Changes (Second Reading)
S1090 · 2026-06-30
APPT John Gajda Utility Commission (Second Reading)
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