# Julia Howard

Julia Howard is a Republican member of the North Carolina House for district 77.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 77
- Serving since: 2019-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5318144e-d466-40ea-8e35-f0f09bf57760

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5318144e-d466-40ea-8e35-f0f09bf57760 (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

39% of Howard’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Carolina, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.54 (standard error 0.03), from 75 donors and 576 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 87% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 98.4% (92.6%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-07 · voted yea · 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 present · 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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 30. 54.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 20 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3: Relief at the Pump. (became law, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- HB 1089: Constitutional Amendment Property Tax Levy Limit. (became law, 2026-05-21) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1089/
- HB 1042: Affordable Housing Exemption Modifications. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1042/
- HB 909: State Infrastructure Bank Board. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB909/
- HB 917: Establish Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability (DATA) Division. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB917/
- HB 797: Residential Property Wholesaling Protection. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB797/
- HB 702: Chiropractic Education Changes. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB702/
- HB 754: Financial Exploitation Prevention/Savings Bank Updates. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB754/
- HB 729: Farmland Protection Act. (in committee, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB729/
- HB 734: Modernize Debt Settlement Prohibition. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-28) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB734/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 39% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/53
- Campaign site: http://www.howardrealty.com/julia_c.htm
- X: https://x.com/juliahowardnc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009000409746

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5318144e-d466-40ea-8e35-f0f09bf57760