# Norman Sanderson

Norman Sanderson is a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7493bee0-b1ed-4d45-b772-b7fce91be4ff

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7493bee0-b1ed-4d45-b772-b7fce91be4ff (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

Sanderson sits at +1.02 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.02 (standard error 0.03), from 254 donors and 255 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

294 roll calls. Attendance 94.9% (North Carolina Senate 87%). Party unity 98.5% (93.2%). 9 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/
- 2026-07-29 · voted yea · Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt · HB 562 Budget Technical Corrections Modifications. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB562/
- 2026-07-29 · voted yea · Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt · SB 445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB445/
- 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Second Reading · HB 958 Election Law Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB958/
- 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Second Reading · SB 1092 2026 Senate and House Appointments. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1092/
- 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Amendment 1 · HB 834 State Board of Elections Administrative Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB834/
- 2026-07-28 · voted yea · Conference Rpt Third Reading · HB 116 Jacksonville Annexation and Conforming Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB116/
- 2026-07-02 · voted yea · Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt · HB 328 Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB328/

## Legislation (NC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 132. 16.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina Senate 20.5%; rank 23 of 44).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1066: Alternative Bridge Funding Formula. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1066/
- SB 478: Enhancing Ag. Opportunities in Rural NC. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB478/
- SB 639: North Carolina Farm Act of 2025. (passed one chamber, 2025-06-18) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB639/
- SB 734: Clarifying Estuarine Waters AEC Under CAMA. (in committee, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB734/
- SB 300: NC REACH Act. (in committee, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB300/
- SB 299: Government Transparency Act of 2025. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB299/
- SB 686: Regulatory Reform Act of 2023. (in committee, 2023-04-10) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/SB686/
- SB 582: North Carolina Farm Act of 2023. (became law, 2023-06-27) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/SB582/
- SB 576: Shared Parenting. (in committee, 2023-04-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/SB576/
- SB 472: School Psychologist Omnibus. (in committee, 2023-04-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/SB472/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/S/375
- Campaign site: https://normansanderson.com/meet-norman
- X: https://x.com/normsanderson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/norman.sanderson.14
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/norman-sanderson-a8684712/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7493bee0-b1ed-4d45-b772-b7fce91be4ff