# Karl Gillespie

Karl Gillespie is a Republican member of the North Carolina House for district 120.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 120
- Serving since: 2021-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c0ca675d-4bd2-462f-9bcb-b7ac8226dbdf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0ca675d-4bd2-462f-9bcb-b7ac8226dbdf (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

42% of Gillespie’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from North Carolina, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.04), from 187 donors and 372 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

482 roll calls. Attendance 92.3% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 97.9% (92.6%). 5 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 15. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 25 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3: Relief at the Pump. (became law, 2026-10-09) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025E1/HB3/
- HB 1214: Make E-Verify Great Again. (in committee, 2026-06-10) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1214/
- HB 1154: Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program. (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1154/
- HB 876: Development Application Review Time Lines. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB876/
- HB 869: Dynamic Symbol of Access. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB869/
- HB 647: Agricultural Present-Use Value Conservation. (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB647/
- HB 559: Elevators/Interim Code Council Appointment. (became law, 2025-07-07) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB559/
- HB 512: Emergency Care/Animals/Veterinary Practice. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB512/
- HB 471: Food Labeling Transparency Act. (in committee, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB471/
- HB 433: State Fiscal Recovery Fund/NC Pandemic Recovery Office Revisions. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB433/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $42.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 42% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/771
- Campaign site: https://votekarl.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karl.gillespie.9
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repkarlgillespie
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karl.e.gillespie
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@karlgillespie809
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-gillespie-69772249/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0ca675d-4bd2-462f-9bcb-b7ac8226dbdf