# Robert Reives Robert Reives is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House for district 54. - Party: Democrat - Seat: North Carolina House, district 54 - Serving since: 2014-01-29 - Current term: NC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/3aa6f3c5-cd15-42e1-907e-92e6f5362c8f Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3aa6f3c5-cd15-42e1-907e-92e6f5362c8f (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 49% of Reives’s statements criticize a policy, 4.7 times the State House Democrat average of 10%. ## What Reives says (NC 2025–26 session) 594 classified statements: 594 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 | Reives | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.2% | 2.5% | 399 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 48.8% | 10.4% | 4 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 77.1% | 39.2% | 15 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 4.7% | 2.9% | 159 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 7.7% | 14.4% | 496 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.0% | 187 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 30% (State House Democrats 11%); Health 26% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 7.9% (State House Democrats 4.6%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.02), from 930 donors and 531 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NC 2025–26 session) 482 roll calls. Attendance 92.5% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 93.8% (92.6%). 19 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 103. 14.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 68 of 110). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1168: Limit Electric Utilities Historic Fuel Cost Recovery. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1168/ - HB 1099: Funding Vocational Rehabilitation. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1099/ - HB 1097: Government Website Access Act. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1097/ - HB 1098: Rural Commuter Microtransit Pilot Grant. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1098/ - HB 1096: First in Flight Act. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1096/ - HB 1095: Tier System Reevaluation. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1095/ - HB 1080: Public Safety Reinvestment Act. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1080/ - HB 1072: Affordable Housing Infrastructure Development. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1072/ - HB 909: State Infrastructure Bank Board. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB909/ - HB 976: Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act. (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB976/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $354.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 88% 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. - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2113608375082831982 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2113608881377067083 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2113411527915270285 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2113228371174080526 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2113273669766275556 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2112986586027544917 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2113046925524058543 - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2112616296898842757 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2111429524978008097 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LeaderReives, electreives/status/2111465475570118656 ## Links - Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/684 - Campaign site: https://www.reivesforhouse.com/ - X: https://x.com/LeaderReives - X: https://x.com/electreives - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rreives - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electreives - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robertreives8004 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-reives-23129679/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3aa6f3c5-cd15-42e1-907e-92e6f5362c8f