# Bill Rabon

Bill Rabon is a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2011-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ac7e8e60-b5cb-41c2-92f9-1bdf9204f79a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac7e8e60-b5cb-41c2-92f9-1bdf9204f79a (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

68% of Rabon’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Carolina, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.51 (standard error 0.03), from 339 donors and 238 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

294 roll calls. Attendance 83% (North Carolina Senate 87%). Party unity 100% (93.2%). 0 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 not voting · 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 53. 37.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina Senate 20.5%; rank 10 of 44).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 902: Ferry Division Performance Audit. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB902/
- SB 851: America's Semiquincentennial License Plate. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB851/
- SB 584: Local Govt Transportation System Financing. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB584/
- SB 706: County Waste Management Assistance. (became law, 2025-07-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB706/
- SB 391: DOT Omnibus. (became law, 2025-07-01) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB391/
- SB 220: Protect Private Property Rights.-AB (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB220/
- SB 145: Mecklenburg Transportation Referendum. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB145/
- SB 63: Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB63/
- SB 920: Const. Ad. - Income Tax Rate Cap Modification. (passed one chamber, 2024-12-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/SB920/
- SB 651: Tax Relief For All. (in committee, 2023-04-06) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2023/SB651/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $235.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 68% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/S/303
- Campaign site: https://ncstatesenate.com/members/bill-rabon/
- X: https://x.com/billrabon
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RabonForSenate
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-rabon-b4ab7827/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac7e8e60-b5cb-41c2-92f9-1bdf9204f79a