# Phil Rubin

Phil Rubin is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: North Carolina House, district 40
- Serving since: 2025-01-29
- Current term: NC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/efae51b3-e547-46c0-87df-4ac35c0c60de

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/efae51b3-e547-46c0-87df-4ac35c0c60de (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

Rubin voted against the majority of North Carolina House Democrats 54 times; party unity 75%, in the bottom quarter of the North Carolina House (average 92.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.03), from 132 donors and 246 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NC 2025–26 session)

481 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (North Carolina House 92.6%). Party unity 75% (92.6%). 54 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-10-07 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 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 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 283. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Carolina House 27.2%; rank 95 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1235: Restoring Separation of Powers and Legislative Transparency. (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1235/
- HB 1234: Constitutional Amendment/Supreme Court Ethics. (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1234/
- HB 1206: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act/Funds. (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1206/
- HB 1164: Insufficient Funds for Taxes Penalty Modification. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1164/
- HR 1177: Consumer Protection Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HR1177/
- HB 1178: The NC Teacher Pay Competitiveness Act. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1178/
- HB 1155: The People's Right to Amend Act. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1155/
- HB 1179: Senior Property Tax Relief Modernization Act. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1179/
- HB 1150: NC Constitutional Rights Act/Funds. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1150/
- HB 1128: Arbor Week Reform. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/nc/bills/2025/HB1128/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $67.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/844
- Campaign site: https://www.philrubin.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phil_rubin/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/efae51b3-e547-46c0-87df-4ac35c0c60de