# Val Applewhite

Val Applewhite is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Carolina Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1ba98521-ee10-414a-9cf0-8b389ad02ffe

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ba98521-ee10-414a-9cf0-8b389ad02ffe (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

100% of Applewhite’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Carolina, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.67 (standard error 0.04), from 178 donors and 109 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

294 roll calls. Attendance 80% (North Carolina Senate 87%). Party unity 96.8% (93.2%). 12 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 nay · Second Reading · HB 958 Election Law Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB958/
- 2026-07-28 · voted nay · 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 125. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina Senate 20.5%; rank 37 of 44).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1061: Protect Moms Who Serve. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1061/
- SB 1060: Milit. Sexual Trauma/Study Comm./Pilot Prog. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1060/
- SB 1059: Military Family Food Security and Readiness Act. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1059/
- SB 907: The Ciji Graham Act. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB907/
- SB 660: Honoring Sacrifice: NC Veterans Relief Act. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB660/
- SB 708: Working Families Act. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB708/
- SB 659: Investing in North Carolina Act. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB659/
- SB 698: Fair Districts Stronger Democracy Act. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB698/
- SB 661: Protect Moms Who Serve. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB661/
- SB 338: NC Farmland and Military Protection Act. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB338/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,116 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/S/440
- Campaign site: https://www.valapplewhitencsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/vapplewhite1
- X: https://x.com/ValApplewhite
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValForNCSenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/val.applewhite
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/councilwoman-val-applewhite-8989151b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ba98521-ee10-414a-9cf0-8b389ad02ffe