# Lindsey Prather Lindsey Prather is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House for district 115. - Party: Democrat - Seat: North Carolina House, district 115 - Serving since: 2023-01-01 - Current term: NC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/16a0c907-4efa-45a7-83d2-1c79cc541535 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/16a0c907-4efa-45a7-83d2-1c79cc541535 (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 Prather missed 15% of 482 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the North Carolina House (average 92.6%). ## What Prather says (NC 2025–26 session) 156 classified statements: 156 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Prather | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 1.9% | 2.5% | 258 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 18.6% | 10.4% | 144 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 34.6% | 39.2% | 467 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 2.9% | 477 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 9.6% | 14.4% | 438 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 35% (State House Democrats 11%); Emergency Management 22% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Education 19% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 9.3% (State House Democrats 5.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.02), from 1,311 donors and 186 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NC 2025–26 session) 482 roll calls. Attendance 85% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 95.5% (92.6%). 28 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-10-07 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · R2 For Adoption · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/ - 2026-08-05 · voted nay · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/ - 2026-08-05 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 35 bills: 35 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 258. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 95 of 110). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1209: Strengthen Education by Embedded New Teacher Support. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1209/ - HB 1197: Revise NC Teaching Fellows Program. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1197/ - HB 1178: The NC Teacher Pay Competitiveness Act. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1178/ - HB 1160: Reduce Parent Copays/Child Care Subsidy/Funds. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1160/ - HB 1168: Limit Electric Utilities Historic Fuel Cost Recovery. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1168/ - HB 1158: Increase Market Rate/Rate Floor/Child Subsidy. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1158/ - HB 1107: Families Providing Foster Care/Funds. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1107/ - HB 1130: Re-Professionalizing the Teaching Profession. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1130/ - HB 1141: Protecting Medicaid and Autism Services. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1141/ - HB 1076: The Innovations Waitlist Reduction Act. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1076/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $207.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 59% 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. - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2112965453488259138 - 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2109260178474291219 - 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2107483643820052865 - 2026-10-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2106465633709822205 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2105475067928817743 - 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2103512254142460219 - 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2103519008582750445 - 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2100596052218826822 - 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2100724795859992757 - 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/PratherForNC/status/2098431813563646321 ## Links - Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/809 - Campaign site: https://pratherfornc.com/ - X: https://x.com/PratherForNC - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PratherForNC - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075849875340 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pratherfornc - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laprathe - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9xj3-SEArXIyVa3VqHQjXg - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-prather-616877149/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/16a0c907-4efa-45a7-83d2-1c79cc541535