# Sophia Chitlik

Sophia Chitlik is a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Carolina Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c8c4c09a-5b3a-4521-82d4-2e2ded1b6b0a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c8c4c09a-5b3a-4521-82d4-2e2ded1b6b0a (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

Chitlik voted against the majority of North Carolina Senate Democrats 38 times; party unity 63%, in the bottom tenth of the North Carolina Senate (average 93.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.88 (standard error 0.03), from 330 donors and 101 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

294 roll calls. Attendance 88% (North Carolina Senate 87%). Party unity 63% (93.2%). 38 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 not voting · Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt · HB 562 Budget Technical Corrections Modifications. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB562/
- 2026-07-29 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · Second Reading · SJR 1091 Adjournment Resolution. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SJR1091/
- 2026-07-28 · voted not voting · Second Reading · HB 958 Election Law Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB958/
- 2026-07-28 · voted not voting · Second Reading · SB 1092 2026 Senate and House Appointments. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1092/
- 2026-07-28 · voted not voting · Amendment 1 · HB 834 State Board of Elections Administrative Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB834/
- 2026-07-28 · voted not voting · Conference Rpt Third Reading · HB 116 Jacksonville Annexation and Conforming Changes. · pass · https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB116/
- 2026-07-02 · voted nay · 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 47 bills: 47 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 152. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina Senate 20.5%; rank 37 of 44).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1015: Child Care Omnibus. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1015/
- SB 954: Learning and Enrichment in Afterschool Programs. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB954/
- SB 1012: Ban Online For-Profit Charters. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1012/
- SB 948: Screen Free Schools Act. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB948/
- SB 982: Make Enf. Liable and Transparent (MELT) Act. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB982/
- SB 1014: A PTA for Every School. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1014/
- SB 946: Keep Our Schools Standing Act. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB946/
- SB 958: Safe Parks Act. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB958/
- SB 1017: Justice for Storm Chantal Survivors Act. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1017/
- SB 1018: The HEAL Act. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/SB1018/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $99.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/S/452
- Campaign site: https://sophiafornc.com/
- X: https://x.com/sophiafornc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SophiaForNC/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sophia.chitlik
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiafornc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiainthesouth/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SophiaForNC
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophia4nc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiachitlik/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c8c4c09a-5b3a-4521-82d4-2e2ded1b6b0a