# Jonah Garson

Jonah Garson is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate for district 23.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Carolina Senate, district 23
- Serving since: 2026-04-10
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3622ded7-77d3-46f8-a62b-dad1c8f3e589

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3622ded7-77d3-46f8-a62b-dad1c8f3e589 (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

Garson voted against the majority of North Carolina Senate Democrats 23 times; party unity 63%, in the bottom tenth of the North Carolina Senate (average 93.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.96 (standard error 0.04), from 596 donors and 54 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

107 roll calls. Attendance 97.2% (North Carolina Senate 87%). Party unity 63% (93.2%). 23 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 nay · 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 · Motion 9 To Concur · SB 355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB355/

## Legislation (NC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 31.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $103.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3622ded7-77d3-46f8-a62b-dad1c8f3e589