Alma S. Adams

13 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2014

• Representative NC-12 2014–present

• background Born May 27, 1946; a former college administrator and art professor from Greensboro, North Carolina
• role Member of the Democratic Party
• role Represented the 58th House district (Guilford County) in the North Carolina General Assembly from 1994 until her election to Congress
• role Won the 2014 special election in North Carolina's 12th congressional district to fill the vacancy left by Mel Watt's resignation, and a full term at the same time
• role Represents North Carolina's 12th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives
• background Known for her distinctive hats

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 25
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 344 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 25 bills sponsored

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• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

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• 6
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Alma S. Adams. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Ranking Member
• Agriculture Committee
• Education and Workforce Committee
• Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee · oversees Technology
• Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
• Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesOppose from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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The members Adams most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Adams connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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