# John Blust

John Blust is a Republican member of the North Carolina House for district 62.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 62
- Serving since: 2024-09-18
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3a96a66b-58e9-4ce5-bc6c-803b19c2746d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a96a66b-58e9-4ce5-bc6c-803b19c2746d (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

Blust missed 16% of 482 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the North Carolina House (average 92.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.04), from 139 donors and 212 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 84% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 92.3% (92.6%). 17 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 yea · Second Reading · HB 3 Relief at the Pump. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · 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 yea · R2 For Adoption · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-08-05 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 73. 22.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 59 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 916: Strengthen Do Not Call/Text Registry. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB916/
- HB 891: Civil Actions/State Agency and Attorney General Litigation. (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB891/
- HB 748: Greensboro Water and Wastewater/Funds. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB748/
- HB 749: Greensboro Public Safety Funds. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB749/
- HB 544: Tax Credit for Rehabilitated Corporate Campus. (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB544/
- HJR 379: Application for a Convention of the States. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HJR379/
- HB 154: Reclaim State Assets from NCInnovation. (in committee, 2025-02-21) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB154/
- HB 142: Implement Zero-Based Budgeting. (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB142/
- HB 57: Adopt State Veterans Museum. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB57/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/234
- Campaign site: https://www.blustfornchouse.com/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a96a66b-58e9-4ce5-bc6c-803b19c2746d