# Bob Brinson Bob Brinson is a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate for district 3. - Party: Republican - Seat: North Carolina Senate, district 3 - Serving since: 2024-08-09 - Current term: NC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0104c116-78b6-4a91-af98-464fdbf12904 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0104c116-78b6-4a91-af98-464fdbf12904 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Brinson sits at +0.77 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State Senate Republicans. ## What Brinson says (NC 2025–26 session) 92 classified statements: 92 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Brinson | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 8.7% | 9.5% | 142 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 42.4% | 37.3% | 151 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 1.1% | 2.3% | 204 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 5.4% | 15.4% | 272 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 2.2% | 1.3% | 64 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Finance and Financial Sector 53% (State Senate Republicans 1.4%); Immigration 13% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Armed Forces and National Security 7.9% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 5.3% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.77 (standard error 0.04), from 178 donors and 107 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (NC 2025–26 session) 294 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (North Carolina Senate 87%). Party unity 100% (93.2%). 5 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-10-07 · voted yea · Second Reading · HJR 2 Adjourn 2026 First Extra Session Sine Die. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HJR2/ - 2026-10-07 · voted yea · Second Reading · HB 3 Relief at the Pump. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/ - 2026-07-29 · voted yea · Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt · HB 562 Budget Technical Corrections Modifications. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB562/ - 2026-07-29 · voted yea · Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt · SB 445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB445/ - 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/ - 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Second Reading · HB 958 Election Law Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB958/ - 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Second Reading · SB 1092 2026 Senate and House Appointments. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1092/ - 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Amendment 1 · HB 834 State Board of Elections Administrative Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB834/ - 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Conference Rpt Third Reading · HB 116 Jacksonville Annexation and Conforming Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB116/ - 2026-07-02 · voted yea · Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt · HB 328 Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB328/ ## Legislation (NC 2025–26 session) Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 82. 18.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina Senate 20.5%; rank 21 of 44). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 1075: Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties. (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1075/ - SB 947: Military Influence Areas. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB947/ - SB 1019: Grid Utilization. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1019/ - SB 1008: Pilot for Shoreline Stabilization Projects. (in committee, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1008/ - SB 1009: Repeal Hardened Structure Ban. (in committee, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1009/ - SB 816: Child. of Wartime Vets Sch'ship Funds and Flex. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB816/ - SB 670: Drones/Certain Vendor Purchases Prohibited. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB670/ - SB 394: Prohibit Foreign Ownership of NC Land. (passed one chamber, 2026-06-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB394/ - SB 229: College Sports Updates. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB229/ - SB 228: Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill. (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB228/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $72.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2025-05-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1928808096618475995 - 2025-05-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1928305745310736760 - 2025-05-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1928308277953155096 - 2025-05-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1928496026496758091 - 2025-05-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1928496416822796375 - 2025-05-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1928496445386117588 - 2025-05-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1928497191494058492 - 2025-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1927938689880994082 - 2025-05-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1927938816888693125 - 2025-05-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC/status/1927939246607720829 ## Links - Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/S/448 - Campaign site: https://www.votebobbrinson.com/ - X: https://x.com/Bob_BrinsonMC - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteBobBrinson/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobbrinsonjr/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-brinson/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0104c116-78b6-4a91-af98-464fdbf12904