LPNC rates the Records of NC's Representatives
Libertarians have chosen a set of bills
emphasizing redistricting, gun control, civil liberties, and
ballot access/voting issues.
Legislators were then ranked, based on their votes: for or against
liberty and personal responsibility.
-- compliation by Mike Smith:
N. C. Senate
N. C. House
U. S. House
| NC Senate |
| Ranking |
Name/Party |
Score |
| 1 |
Berger (R) and Webster (R) |
77 |
| 3 |
Horton (R) |
73 |
| 4 |
Ballentine, Carpenter Hartsell, Moore, & Rucho. All-(R) |
69 |
| 10 |
Harris (D) |
67 |
| 11 |
Allran (R) |
64 |
| 12 |
Bingham (R) & R. Shaw (R) |
62 |
| 14 |
Jordan (D) |
58 |
| 15 |
Hoyle (D) |
55 |
| 16 |
Garwood (R) |
54 |
| 17 |
Albertson, Ballance, Clodfelter, Cunningham, & Hagan - all (D) |
50 |
| 22 |
Kerr, Swindell, Thomas, & Weinstein (D) |
46 |
| 26 |
Carrington(R), Carter(D), Forrester(R), Gulley(D), & L. Shaw (D) |
45 |
| 31 |
Garrou & Odom (D) |
42 |
| 33 |
Basnight, Kinnaird, Lee, Lucas, W. Martin, Miller, Plyler, Purcell, Rand, Reeves, Soles, & Wellons (D) |
38 |
| 45 |
Dalton, Metcalf, & Robinson (D) |
33 |
| 48 |
Dannelly & R.Martin (D) |
31 |
| |
Warren = NO SCORE due to not enough votes for an accurate representative sampling
|
| N. C. House |
| Ranking |
Name |
Score |
Notes |
| 1 |
Blust |
87 |
|
| 2 |
Starnes |
80 |
|
| 3 |
Carpenter, Davis |
79 |
|
| 5 |
M. Crawford |
77 |
|
| 6 |
Allred, Baker, Decker, Eddins, Grady, Hilton, *Pope, Rayfield |
73 |
*=highest rated FOR S-10 |
| 14 |
Creech, Harrington, Howard |
69 |
|
| 17 |
Capps, Culp, Gillespie, Walend, G. Wilson |
67 |
|
| 21 |
Ellis, Esposito, Morris, Weatherly |
64 |
|
| 25 |
Arnold, Brubaker, Sexton |
62 |
|
| 28 |
Gulley, Kiser, Mitchell, Setzer, Teague |
60 |
|
| 33 |
Gray |
58 |
|
| 34 |
Barbee, McCombs, Preston, Russell, Shubert, West, C. Wilson |
57 |
|
| 41 |
Barnhart, Clary, *Fitch |
54 |
*= highest rated Dem, but he retired 12/29/01 |
| 44 |
Daughtry, Johnson, McComas, *Sutton, Walker |
53 |
*= highest rated active Dem |
| 49 |
Bowie, Haire, Holmes, Miner, Nye, Sherrill |
50 |
|
| 55 |
Barefoot, Gibson, Holliman, Justus, McMahan, Morgan |
47 |
|
| 61 |
Nesbitt |
46 |
|
| 62 |
Thompson |
45 |
|
| 63 |
Coates, Edwards, Michaux, Redwine |
43 |
|
| 66 |
Adams |
42 |
|
| 67 |
Bell, Bonner, Culpepper, Cunningham, Fox, Goodwin, Hall, Jarrell, Lucas, Tolson, Tucker, Underhill, Warren, Warwick, Yongue |
40 |
|
| 82 |
Church |
38 |
|
| 83 |
Baddour(Majority Leader), *Buchanan, Dedmon, *Dockham, Hensley, Wainwright, Womble |
36 |
*= lowest rated Repubs |
| 90 |
Allen, Cole, J. Crawford, Earle, Hurley, McLawhorn, Owens, Rogers, Saunders, Warner, Wright |
33 |
|
| 101 |
Luebke, McAllister |
31 |
|
| 103 |
Cox, Hill, Smith |
29 |
|
| 106 |
Alexander, Boyd-McIntyre, Jeffus, Oldham |
27 |
|
| 110 |
Easterling |
23 |
|
| 111 |
Insko |
21 |
|
| 112 |
Hackney, Miller, Weiss |
20 |
|
| |
Blue, Cansler, Hiatt, Hunter |
|
Not enough votes to give accurate rating |
| U. S. House |
| Ranking | Name/Party/NC District | Score |
|---|
| 1 | Walter Jones (R-3) | 48 |
| 2 | Charles Taylor (R-11) | 33 |
| 3 | Howard Coble (R-6) & Mel Watt (D-12) | 30 |
| 5 | Robin Hayes (R-8) | 28 |
| 6 | Sue Myrick (R-9) | 27 |
| 7 | Eva Clayton (D-1) & Bob Ethridge (D-2) | 26 |
| 9 | Richard Burr (R-5) & Cass Ballenger (R-10) | 25 |
| 11 | Mike McIntyre (D-7) | 21 |
| 12 | David Price (D-4) | 18 |
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