# Sam Watford

Sam Watford is a Republican member of the North Carolina House for district 80.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 80
- Serving since: 2021-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4f490403-b729-4f33-b3ba-5417db20cb0b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f490403-b729-4f33-b3ba-5417db20cb0b (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

Watford missed 18% of 482 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the North Carolina House (average 92.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.04), from 45 donors and 383 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 82% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 97.4% (92.6%). 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/
- 2026-10-07 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · R2 For Adoption · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-08-05 · voted not voting · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-08-05 · voted not voting · 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 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 12.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 761: Limit Session Length. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB761/
- HB 247: Underground Safety Revisions. (became law, 2025-06-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB247/
- HB 445: Open Meetings Changes. (in committee, 2023-05-03) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/HB445/
- HB 686: No Government Retribution for Refusal of Covid-19 Vaccinations. (in committee, 2021-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2021/HB686/
- HB 228: Attractive Nuisances. (passed one chamber, 2021-04-15) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2021/HB228/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.8K (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/687
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samwatfordnchouse/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sam.watford.12

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f490403-b729-4f33-b3ba-5417db20cb0b