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Democrat · North Carolina House, district 115

Serving since Jan 1, 2023NC 2025–26 session

Portrait of Lindsey Prather, rendered as a two-tone print
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15%
of roll calls missed, attendance in the bottom quarter of the North Carolina House

Attendance 85%; the average within the North Carolina House is 92.6%. Ranks 104th of 120, where 1st has the highest attendance. 482 roll calls in the NC 2025–26 session.

Attendance is the share of the roll calls Prather could vote on where a yea, nay or present was recorded, ranked within the North Carolina House. A missed vote has many causes, from illness to campaigning; the number says how often, not why.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Democrats. 59% of Prather’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Carolina, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats. Prather reported $207.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

The measures on which Prather sits furthest from the middle of State House Democrats, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Attendance

85%

North Carolina House average 92.6% · ranks 104th of 120 · 482 roll calls

From North Carolina, 2026

59%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1765th of 1,983 State House Democrats

Itemized, 2026

$207.6K

State House Democrats’ median $40.4K · ranks 267th of 2,082

Out of committee

0%

North Carolina House average 27% · ranks 95th of 110

Party unity

95.5%

North Carolina House average 92.6% · ranks 79th of 120 · 28 votes against the majority of North Carolina House Democrats

CSIP ideology

−0.71

More liberal than 63% of State House Democrats · ± 0.04

Peer group: State House Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Prather, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Prather is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Prather says

Prather stresses bipartisanship less than 62% of State House Democrats. Bipartisanship in 1.3% of 156 statements, against 2.9% for the average State House Democrat; 477th of 764.

An AI model reads each of Prather’s 156 statements in the NC 2025–26 session (156 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the NC 2025–26 session

0%80%
Prather
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion54 statements
35%
39%
467th of 764
Policy criticism29 statements
19%
10%
144th of 764
Credit claiming15 statements
10%
14%
438th of 764
Personal attacks3 statements
2%
3%
258th of 764
Bipartisanship2 statements
1%
3%
477th of 764
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Prather's share of statements in each category against the State House Democrats average.
RowPratherPeers
Policy discussion35%39%
Policy criticism19%10%
Credit claiming10%14%
Personal attacks2%3%
Bipartisanship1%3%
156

statements classified

156 posts on X.

posts on X: 156 (100.0%)posts on X 156
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Prather's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X156
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Prather; the thin grey bar is the average State House Democrats. A longer thick bar means Prather does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Prather used no extreme labels in 156 statements. The peer average is 1.0%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the NC 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 52025-02: 102025-03: 162025-04: 112025-05: 82025-06: 92025-07: 22025-08: 52025-09: 42025-10: 102025-11: 32025-12: 92026-01: 142026-02: 92026-03: 32026-04: 42026-05: 82026-06: 102026-07: 22026-08: 42026-09: 52026-10: 5peak 16 · Mar ’25Personal attackspeak 10.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-02: 10.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-03: 0.0% of 16Personal attacks, 2025-04: 0.0% of 11Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-10: 10.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-01: 0.0% of 14Personal attacks, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-06: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticismpeak 20.0% · Oct ’25 · latest 20.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-02: 10.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-03: 0.0% of 16Policy criticism, 2025-04: 9.1% of 11Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-10: 20.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-01: 7.1% of 14Policy criticism, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-06: 20.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussionpeak 42.9% · Jan ’26 · latest 20.0%Policy discussion, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-02: 30.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-03: 6.3% of 16Policy discussion, 2025-04: 18.2% of 11Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-10: 30.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-01: 42.9% of 14Policy discussion, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-06: 20.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanshippeak 10.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 10.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 0.0% of 16Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 0.0% of 11Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 0.0% of 14Bipartisanship, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claimingpeak 40.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Credit claiming, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-02: 40.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-03: 0.0% of 16Credit claiming, 2025-04: 18.2% of 11Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-10: 0.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-01: 0.0% of 14Credit claiming, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-06: 0.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labelspeak 0.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-03: 0.0% of 16Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 11Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-10: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 14Extreme labels, 2026-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2026-07: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-08: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-09: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-10: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Prather, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’251010.0%10.0%30.0%10.0%40.0%0.0%
Mar ’25160.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Apr ’25110.0%9.1%18.2%0.0%18.2%0.0%
May ’258— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’259— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jul ’252— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’255— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’254— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’251010.0%20.0%30.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nov ’253— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Dec ’259— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jan ’26140.0%7.1%42.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Feb ’269— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’263— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’264— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’268— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’26100.0%20.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Jul ’262— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Aug ’264— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Sep ’265— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Oct ’265— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the NC 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 16 months are hatched here.

In Prather’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 25, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Emergency Management · Source

Policy criticism

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 25, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Emergency Management; Economics and Public Finance; Housing and Community Development · Source

Bipartisanship

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Aug 7, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacksSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: BrockmanSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: womenSource

All 156 statements

Newest first, the NC 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 156 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Economics and Public Finance is what Prather talks about most: 35% of policy statements, 3.3 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.55 on a 0–1 scale (State House Democrats average 0.54; 251st of 503).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Prather talks about. The bills Prather sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Prather talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the NC 2025–26 session

0%39%
Prather
Peers
Economics and Public Finance19 statements
35%
11%
Emergency Management12 statements
22%
4%
Education10 statements
19%
15%
Government Operations and Politics7 statements
13%
15%
Labor and Employment5 statements
9%
6%
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Policy areas Prather talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Democrats average.
RowPratherPeers
Economics and Public Finance35%11%
Emergency Management22%4%
Education19%15%
Government Operations and Politics13%15%
Labor and Employment9%6%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Prather’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 39%. Grey ticks are the State House Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEconomics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 35% (State House Democrats 11%)35%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 4% (State House Democrats 2%)4%Emergency ManagementEmergency Management, talks about: 22% (State House Democrats 4%)22%Emergency Management, legislates on: 1% (State House Democrats 1%)1%EducationEducation, talks about: 19% (State House Democrats 15%)19%Education, legislates on: 24% (State House Democrats 10%)24%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 13% (State House Democrats 15%)13%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 5% (State House Democrats 8%)5%Labor and EmploymentLabor and Employment, talks about: 9% (State House Democrats 6%)9%Labor and Employment, legislates on: 7% (State House Democrats 6%)7%
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Prather's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onState House Democrats, legislates on
Economics and Public Finance35%11%4%2%
Emergency Management22%4%1%1%
Education19%15%24%10%
Government Operations and Politics13%15%5%8%
Labor and Employment9%6%7%6%
0.55

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Democrats average 0.54. Ranks 251st of 503.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Prather legislates on exactly the areas Prather talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Prather sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Prather sits at −0.71 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 63% of State House Democrats. Approximate range −0.75 to −0.66, which understates the uncertainty; from 1,311 donors and 186 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−0.71

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −0.75 to −0.66. From 1,311 donors and 186 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Prather −0.7State House Democrats −0.6North Carolina House +0.4All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Prather, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Prather’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Prather sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Democratsmedian −0.6Prather −0.7North Carolina Housemedian +0.4All State Housemedian +0.1
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Prather's CSIP score of −0.71 placed against State House Democrats, North Carolina House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Prather
State House Democrats2392−0.637%
North Carolina House120+0.422%
All State House5324+0.117%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Prather in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Prather.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Prather reported $207.6K in the 2026 cycle, 5.1 times the State House Democrats’ median of $40.4K. State filings report no small-donation total. 59% of itemized individual money came from North Carolina.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$207.6K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 434 itemized donors. State House Democrats’ median $40.4K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)Individuals (itemized): $166.0K (80.0%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)PACs and other committees: $34.2K (16.4%)Party committees: $7,436 (3.6%)Party committees: $7,436 (3.6%)Party committees: $7,436 (3.6%)Party committees: $7,436 (3.6%)
  • Individuals (itemized)80 squares$166.0K
  • PACs and other committees16 squares$34.2K
  • Party committees4 squares$7,436
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Sources of Prather's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$166.0K80.0%
PACs and other committees$34.2K16.4%
Party committees$7,4363.6%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2022 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Democrats’ median for 2026.

2022 cycle: $130.9K$130.9K20222024 cycle: $1.1M$1.1M20242026 cycle: $207.6K$207.6K2026State House Democrats median $40.4K
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Prather's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Democrats median.
ItemValue
2022 cycle$130.9K
2024 cycle$1.1M
2026 cycle$207.6K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 59% came from North Carolina.

  1. North Carolina$97.4K
  2. Massachusetts$19.8K
  3. Connecticut$15.3K
  4. California$5,409
  5. AE$4,710

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: $425MEVermont: $100VTNew Hampshire: $2,105NHWashington: $541WAIdaho: $60IDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $119MNIllinois: $1,207ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $95MINew York: $3,160NYRhode Island: $685RIMassachusetts: $19.8KMAOregon: $2,178ORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: $240PANew Jersey: $2,237NJConnecticut: $15.3KCTCalifornia: $5,409CAUtah: no dataUTColorado: $336CONebraska: $51NEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $3,800VAMaryland: $370MDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: $100NMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: $100TNNorth Carolina: $97.4KNCSouth Carolina: $100SCDistrict of Columbia: $100DCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: $340HITexas: $2,375TXFlorida: $2,124FL
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Prather's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
North Carolina$97.4K
Massachusetts$19.8K
Connecticut$15.3K
California$5,409
Virginia$3,800
New York$3,160
Texas$2,375
New Jersey$2,237
Oregon$2,178
Florida$2,124
New Hampshire$2,105
Illinois$1,207
Rhode Island$685
Washington$541
Maine$425
Maryland$370
Hawaii$340
Colorado$336
Pennsylvania$240
Minnesota$119
Vermont$100
New Mexico$100
Tennessee$100
South Carolina$100
District of Columbia$100
Michigan$95
Idaho$60
Nebraska$51
AlaskaNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
UtahNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
434

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

59%

from North Carolina

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is North Carolina. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$109.4K 301 donors
  2. RETIRED$18.2K 17 donors
  3. PHYSICIAN$5,425 4 donors
  4. ATTORNEY$2,690 7 donors
  5. TEACHER$1,200 4 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. EMILYS LIST$6,800
  2. JUNO FUND$6,800
  3. NCDP$6,436
  4. WORK FOR DEMOCRACY PAC$6,000
  5. CHRIS HARJES FOR CONGRESS$4,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. ASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS$1,100 3 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Prather voted with the majority of North Carolina House Democrats on 95.5% of party-line votes and missed 15% of 482 roll calls. North Carolina House on average: 92.6% party unity, 92.6% attendance. Across all roll calls, Prather voted against the majority of North Carolina House Democrats 28 times.

482 roll calls Prather could vote on in the NC 2025–26 session, compared with North Carolina House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Prather voted with the majority of North Carolina House Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

28

votes against the majority of North Carolina House Democrats

Party unity 95.5%, North Carolina House average 92.6%, ranks 79th of 120. 482 roll calls in the NC 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Prather, the thin grey bar the North Carolina House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Prather
Peers
Rank
Attendance
85%
92.6%
104th of 120
Party unity
95.5%
92.6%
79th of 120
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Prather's attendance and party unity against North Carolina House.
RowPratherPeers
Attendance85%92.6%
Party unity95.5%92.6%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the NC 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Oct 7, 2026
HJR 2
Adjourn 2026 First Extra Session Sine Die.
Second Reading
NayWith majoritypassD 2–40 · R 61–0 · I 1–0Democrats 2 yea, 40 nay; Republicans 61 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Oct 7, 2026
HB 3
Relief at the Pump.
Second Reading
YeaWith majoritypassD 42–1 · R 66–0Democrats 42 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 66 yea, 0 naybecame law
Oct 7, 2026
HR 1
House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session.
R2 For Adoption M4 Previous Question
NayWith majoritypassD 1–36 · R 64–0 · I 2–0Democrats 1 yea, 36 nay; Republicans 64 yea, 0 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 naymuch discussed
Oct 7, 2026
HR 1
House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session.
R2 For Adoption
NayWith majoritypassD 12–43 · R 81–0 · I 2–0Democrats 12 yea, 43 nay; Republicans 81 yea, 0 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 nayparty crossover · much discussed
Aug 5, 2026
SJR 1091
Adjournment Resolution.
Second Reading
NayWith majoritypassD 26–28 · R 67–0 · I 2–0Democrats 26 yea, 28 nay; Republicans 67 yea, 0 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Prather most often

  1. Eric AgerD400 shared votes94%
  2. Kanika BrownD328 shared votes94%
  3. Allen BuansiD397 shared votes94%
  4. Sarah CrawfordD406 shared votes94%
  5. Tim LongestD406 shared votes93%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Prather least often

  1. Grey MillsR190 shared votes50%
  2. George ClevelandR173 shared votes51%
  3. Jarrod LoweryR199 shared votes52%
  4. Tim MooreR206 shared votes52%
  5. Kristin BakerR208 shared votes54%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

NC 2025–26 session, loads in batches

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Legislation

Prather sponsored 35 bills in the NC 2025–26 session; none became law. Cosponsored 258 others. 0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House average 27%; 95th of 110).

The bills Prather sponsored and cosponsored in the NC 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the NC 2025–26 session

Sponsored35 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3535Sponsored, In committee: 3535Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored258 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 258258Cosponsored, In committee: 258258Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 4545Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 66Cosponsored, Became law: 55IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Prather sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3535000
Cosponsored2582584565
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Prather sponsored, ochre blocks bills Prather cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

0%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

North Carolina House average 27%. Ranks 95th of 110.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Prather, by number of shared bills in the NC 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Pricey Harrison129
  2. Mary Belk100
  3. Maria Cervania99
  4. Carolyn Logan83
  5. Eric Ager79
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Prather’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HR 1239Honor Mike Clampitt.CosponsorJun 24, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedFiled Jun 24, 2026
HR 1238Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team.CosponsorJun 23, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedFiled Jun 23, 2026
HB 1233State Board of Elections/Independent Agency.CosponsorMay 28, 2026In committeeGovernment Operations and Politics(model)Passed 1st Reading Jun 1, 2026
HB 1189Datacenter Transparency Act.CosponsorApr 30, 2026In committeeCommerce(model)Passed 1st Reading May 5, 2026
HB 1209Strengthen Education by Embedded New Teacher Support.SponsorApr 30, 2026In committeeEducation(model)Passed 1st Reading May 5, 2026

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Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Prather’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Prather’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Prather posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Prather posted

No images from Prather’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Prather is most unusual among State House Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
16a0c907-4efa-45a7-83d2-1c79cc541535
Open States
ocd-person/16a0c907-4efa-45a7-83d2-1c79cc541535

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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