# Kanika Brown

Kanika Brown is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House for district 71.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 71
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/91f28923-c52e-4a47-aed2-944672902823

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/91f28923-c52e-4a47-aed2-944672902823 (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

Brown missed 16% of 482 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the North Carolina House (average 92.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.04), from 26 donors and 166 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 84% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 99.2% (92.6%). 15 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 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 nay · R2 For Adoption · HR 1 House Rules - 2026 First Extra Session. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HR1/
- 2026-08-05 · voted nay · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-08-05 · voted nay · 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 nay · R2 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur · HB 147 Various Local Provisions XI. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB147/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · 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 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 273. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 95 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1226: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning and Zoning. (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1226/
- HB 1224: Local Governments Assisting Affordable Housing. (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1224/
- HB 1170: Funding for Winston-Salem. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1170/
- HB 1202: First Responder Training Track. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1202/
- HB 1194: Winston-Salem/Forsyth Joint Emergency Operations Center Funds. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1194/
- HB 1201: Youth Placement Study. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1201/
- HB 1061: Plyler Educational Protections Act. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1061/
- HB 1047: North Carolina Microplastics Study Act. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1047/
- HB 965: Environmental Rights Constitutional Amendment. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB965/
- HB 871: North Carolina Microplastics Study Act. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB871/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,805 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/795
- Campaign site: https://www.kanikabrown.com/
- X: https://x.com/KanikaBrownNC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KanikaBrownNC/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kanika.brown.984
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kanikabrown18
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanika-brown-30438a148/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/91f28923-c52e-4a47-aed2-944672902823