# Celeste Cairns

Celeste Cairns is a Republican member of the North Carolina House for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 13
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/51b17197-aa93-4c8f-821d-81a32b41e2ae

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51b17197-aa93-4c8f-821d-81a32b41e2ae (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

Cairns sits at +0.86 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.86 (standard error 0.03), from 244 donors and 162 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 100% (92.6%). 7 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 123. 63.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 6 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3: Relief at the Pump. (became law, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- HB 1081: Veterans/Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy/Funds. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1081/
- HB 928: Allow Physical Therapists in School Concussion Protocol. (became law, 2025-07-02) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB928/
- HB 992: Timeshare Foreclosure/Paternity Matters. (became law, 2025-07-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB992/
- HB 869: Dynamic Symbol of Access. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB869/
- HB 597: Adopt Osprey as State Raptor. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB597/
- HB 276: Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer. (in committee, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB276/
- HB 275: Failure to Yield Penalties. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB275/
- HB 206: DPS/Other Changes. (became law, 2026-07-08) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB206/
- HB 4: Sam's Law. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB4/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $97.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/797
- Campaign site: https://www.celestefornc.com/
- X: https://x.com/celestefornc03
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celestefornc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celeste.c.cairns
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cairnsceleste
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@celestecairns7476

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51b17197-aa93-4c8f-821d-81a32b41e2ae