# Carson Smith

Carson Smith is a Republican member of the North Carolina House for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 16
- Serving since: 2019-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6f78b8a8-f77c-4aef-bfa4-b3dac3312e33

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6f78b8a8-f77c-4aef-bfa4-b3dac3312e33 (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

64% of Smith’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Carolina, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.62 (standard error 0.04), from 47 donors and 575 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 94.4% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 99.2% (92.6%). 3 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 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 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 34. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 19 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 901: Recognize Safety Hold Agreements. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB901/
- HB 953: Study Committee on Assistant District Attorney/Assistant Public Defender/Private Assigned Counsel Pay. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB953/
- HB 968: Youth Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Preparedness K-12 Training. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB968/
- HB 716: Bail Bond Omnibus. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB716/
- HB 753: Law Enforcement Officers Return to Work. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB753/
- HB 746: Limited Immunity/Nurses. (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB746/
- HB 695: Support Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders (VIPER)/Assist 911 Operations/Dispatch. (in committee, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB695/
- HB 597: Adopt Osprey as State Raptor. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB597/
- HB 575: The Hunter Robinson Act. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB575/
- HB 487: Shorter Separation for Retired Assistant District Attorneys and Assistant Public Defenders. (in committee, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB487/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 64% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/755
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carsonsmithfornchouse/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carson.smith.7127

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6f78b8a8-f77c-4aef-bfa4-b3dac3312e33