# Brad Knott

Brad Knott is a Republican member of the U.S. House for North Carolina’s 13th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, North Carolina’s 13th district
- Serving since: 2025-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: K000405
- FEC candidate IDs: H4NC13116

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/K000405 (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

21% of Knott’s statements claim credit, in the bottom tenth of House Republicans (average 37%).

## What Knott says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,380 classified statements: 1,293 posts on X, 53 Congressional Record speeches, 19 press releases, 15 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Knott | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.4% | 2.1% | 46 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 7.2% | 15.1% | 198 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 77.6% | 67.7% | 34 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.8% | 8.9% | 197 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 20.8% | 37.4% | 201 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 3.2% | 3.0% | 78 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 48% (House Republicans 13%); Crime and Law Enforcement 38% (House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 17% (House Republicans 19%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (House Republicans 24%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (House Republicans 19%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.19 (standard error 0.02), from 1,005 donors and 662 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 98.9% (97.1%). 35 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 91. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 26 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10052: Right to Worship Act (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10052
- H.R. 9653: Limiting Excessive Government Obstruction Act (in committee, 2026-07-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9653
- H.R. 8267: SAFER Transport Act (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8267
- H.R. 6267: Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025 (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6267
- H.R. 4070: Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act (passed one chamber, 2025-11-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4070
- H.R. 3242: Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-05-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3242

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.7M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 5.2% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 69% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2114808450416775409
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2114866228519113060
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2113792594090262918
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2114027386333196398
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2114053240060821929
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2114062869948191179
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2113623063229300855
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2113765771730096478
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2112902683405570180
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepKnott/status/2112982475010105799

## Links

- Official site: https://knott.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepKnott
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/61571474013264
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repknott
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000405

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/K000405