Service history
10 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2017
- Senator NC 2023–present
- Representative NC-13 2017–2023
Background
- background Born October 21, 1971; a businessman before entering politics
- role A member of the Republican Party
- role U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2023
- role Junior U.S. Senator for North Carolina since January 2023, elected in 2022 to succeed Richard Burr after defeating Cheri Beasley
Track record
Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source
- Roll-call participation →
voted in 30 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%
Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
- Bills sponsored →
plus 387 cosponsored
A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
- Sponsored bills enacted →
of 55 bills sponsored
Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
- Party-unity voting →
votes with the party majority · median 100% · on 9 party-line votes
Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.
- Cross-party voting →
votes with the other party's majority on those same votes
The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.
- Documented positions →
no positions documented yet
Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
- Committee assignments →
committees and subcommittees
Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.
Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Ted Budd. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.
Voting record
Data from senate.gov roll-call records
Full voting record (30 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 30 of 890 recorded roll calls
Committee assignments (12)
Data from Congress.gov committee memberships
- Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness Subcommittee Chairman · oversees Technology
- Airland Subcommittee
- Armed Services Committee · oversees Defense
- Aviation, Space, and Innovation Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · oversees Technology, Telecom
- Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
- Intelligence (Select) Committee
- Joint Economic Committee
- Personnel Subcommittee
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
- Cybersecurity Subcommittee
- Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee
Issue positions (3)
Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills
- DefenseFull support from votes
- Economy & TaxesFull support from votes
- Foreign PolicyFull support from votes
Documented relationships
Documented facts about Budd, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.
No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.
Frequent co-sponsors
Connections network
Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)
- S 5370Combatting the Persecution of Religious Groups in the People’s Republic of China ActsponsoredAug 6, 2026
- SRES 837A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
- S 5337Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
- S 5265USTRx ActcosponsoredAug 4, 2026
- S 5225K–12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 3, 2026
- S 5179Title IX Clarification Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 29, 2026
- S 5099A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a grant program for addressing dental workforce needs.cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
- S 5063FIRST ActsponsoredJul 21, 2026
- S 5043Secure Drug Supply Chain Act of 2026sponsoredJul 20, 2026
- S 5025Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
- S 5023Ban Birth Tourism Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
- S 4978Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 13, 2026
- SRES 803A resolution congratulating the 2025-2026 Carolina Hurricanes for winning the Stanley Cup.sponsoredJul 13, 2026
- S 4952Protecting American Taxpayers ActcosponsoredJul 12, 2026
- SRES 801A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
- SRES 787A resolution celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.cosponsoredJun 23, 2026
- S 4880Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 23, 2026
- S 4873Promoting Human Flourishing in Foreign Assistance ActsponsoredJun 22, 2026
- S 4802Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Recapitalization ActcosponsoredJun 16, 2026
- S 4810CHIPS Training in America Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 16, 2026
- SRES 776A resolution honoring the life of Kyle Busch.sponsoredJun 16, 2026
- S 4783COMPASS ActcosponsoredJun 14, 2026
- S 4750Semiconductor Superiority ActsponsoredJun 10, 2026
- S 4775Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts ActcosponsoredJun 10, 2026
- S 4769Illegal Immigration Cost Recovery ActcosponsoredJun 10, 2026
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