# Gale Adcock

Gale Adcock is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Carolina Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1ba9c7a6-3a28-47ec-9704-6f3437463845

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ba9c7a6-3a28-47ec-9704-6f3437463845 (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

0% of the 12 bills Adcock sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the North Carolina Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.03), from 689 donors and 101 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

294 roll calls. Attendance 87% (North Carolina Senate 87%). Party unity 96.9% (93.2%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-07 · voted not voting · Second Reading · HJR 2 Adjourn 2026 First Extra Session Sine Die. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HJR2/
- 2026-10-07 · voted not voting · 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 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 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 111. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina Senate 20.5%; rank 37 of 44).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 805: Increase Oral Health Care Access in NC. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB805/
- SB 779: Medicaid Rebase. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB779/
- SB 780: Modernize Medicaid Primary Care Rates. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB780/
- SB 567: Medicaid SUD Services Rate Adjustment Act. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB567/
- SB 729: Opt-In to Student Health. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB729/
- SB 752: Needle Free Epinephrine for Schoolchildren. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB752/
- SB 537: APRN Definitions. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB537/
- SB 566: Parity Enhancement for Addiction Recovery. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB566/
- SB 430: Revise Child Passenger Restraint System Law. (in committee, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB430/
- SB 360: Healthy Students - A Nurse in Every School. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB360/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $143.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/S/436
- Campaign site: https://www.galeadcock.com/
- X: https://x.com/galeadcock
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gale.adcock.9
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gale.adcock.90
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gale.brown.adcock
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gale-adcock-8a306a7

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1ba9c7a6-3a28-47ec-9704-6f3437463845