# Dan Blue

Dan Blue is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Carolina Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2009-05-19
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06dca4de-5217-45fc-b78a-fc7870ae7faf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06dca4de-5217-45fc-b78a-fc7870ae7faf (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

Blue voted against the majority of North Carolina Senate Democrats 18 times; party unity 76%, in the bottom quarter of the North Carolina Senate (average 93.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 394 donors and 226 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

293 roll calls. Attendance 87% (North Carolina Senate 87%). Party unity 76% (93.2%). 18 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 not voting · Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt · HB 562 Budget Technical Corrections Modifications. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB562/
- 2026-07-29 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-07-28 · voted not voting · Second Reading · HB 958 Election Law Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB958/
- 2026-07-28 · voted not voting · Second Reading · SB 1092 2026 Senate and House Appointments. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1092/
- 2026-07-28 · voted not voting · Amendment 1 · HB 834 State Board of Elections Administrative Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB834/
- 2026-07-28 · voted not voting · 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 19. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina Senate 20.5%; rank 37 of 44).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 975: State Digital Asset Payments Study Act. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB975/
- SB 779: Medicaid Rebase. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB779/
- SB 542: Western NC Support; Expand Comm. Eco. Dev. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB542/
- SB 596: Critical Campus Funding Repairs. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB596/
- SB 353: The Second Chance Coding Act. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB353/
- SB 297: Nursing Fellows and Curric. Support Funds/WSSU. (in committee, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB297/
- SB 853: OPS Moratorium/OPS and PESA Accountability. (in committee, 2024-05-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/SB853/
- SB 19: Codify Roe and Casey Protections. (in committee, 2023-01-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/SB19/
- SB 903: Asheville/Raleigh Traffic Investigators. (in committee, 2022-05-27) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2021/SB903/
- SB 904: P'ships for Surg. Care in Underserved Areas. (in committee, 2022-05-27) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2021/SB904/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $87.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/S/268
- Campaign site: https://danblueforsenate.org/
- X: https://x.com/DanBlueNC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danbluenc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danblueNC
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-blue-8ba97724/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06dca4de-5217-45fc-b78a-fc7870ae7faf