# Larry Potts

Larry Potts is a Republican member of the North Carolina House for district 81.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 81
- Serving since: 2017-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/11c903f8-ce25-4463-8a24-a49394c21955

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/11c903f8-ce25-4463-8a24-a49394c21955 (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

50% of Potts’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Carolina, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.04), from 64 donors and 598 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (92.6%). 0 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/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · R2 For Adoption M4 Previous Question · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · R2 For Adoption · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption · HB 268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB268/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur · HB 147 Various Local Provisions XI. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB147/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · R2 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur · HB 147 Various Local Provisions XI. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB147/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · M11 Concur · HB 834 State Board of Elections Administrative Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB834/
- 2026-08-04 · voted yea · R3 Ruled Mat'l C RPT Adoption · HB 116 Jacksonville Annexation and Conforming Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB116/

## Legislation (NC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 79. 48.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 28 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3: Relief at the Pump. (became law, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- HB 1193: Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1193/
- HJR 1030: US Department of Education. (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HJR1030/
- HB 1026: Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies. (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1026/
- HB 803: 3-Year FDA Approval for New Childhood Vaccines. (in committee, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB803/
- HB 697: NC Genetic Counselors Workforce Act. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB697/
- HB 696: Medicaid and HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs. (became law, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB696/
- HB 672: Physician Assistants Omnibus/Team-based/Compact. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB672/
- HB 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-19) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB615/
- HB 590: Patient Safety/Medical Imaging/Radiation Therapy. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB590/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $109.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 50% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/724
- Campaign site: https://larrywpotts.com/
- X: https://x.com/LarryPottsNC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarryWPottsNC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larry.potts.737

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/11c903f8-ce25-4463-8a24-a49394c21955