Promise Tracker › Ted Budd
U.S. Senator, North Carolina · Republican
Ted Budd
32 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.
915 recorded votes
- Voted for65871.9%
- Voted against23225.4%
- Did not vote252.7%
Turned up for 97.3% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.
Budd voted 97 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Marsha Blackburn more than anyone else. The two agreed 99 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with John Fetterman. They agreed 26 times out of 100.
The Record prints their remarks under 2 headings more than once. The list below names them.
- First took office
- January 3, 2023
- Terms served
- 1 term in the Senate
- Previously
- 3 terms in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
- Born
- October 21, 1971
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What They Spoke On
Only two headings repeat in Budd's indexed remarks, a nomination and the anniversary of Hurricane Helene. Everything else appears once, much of it on recovery in North Carolina.
The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.
- Nomination of Todd Blanche2
- One-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Helene2
What Was Said, and What Was Done
32 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Ted Budd’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-08-07AGOA EXTENSION ACT--Continued“Mr. President, 9 months ago, both Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly voted to close the hemp loophole. It happened right here. They wanted to stop intoxicating hemp products being sold and marketed to kids.”
- 2026-08-05Nomination of Todd Blanche (Executive Calendar)“Mr. President, every parent in America, they want the same thing. They want to know that their kids are safe. As U.S. Senators, each of us has a responsibility to the millions of parents we represent for the safety and welfare of American kids first.”
- 2026-07-29RECOGNIZING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF H.G. GREENE GENERAL STORE“Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a multigenerational American small business that has proudly served the community of Ronda, NC, for 150 years: H.G. Greene's General Store.”
- 2026-06-24TRIBUTE TO COMMANDER JOHN "JACK" HOLLAND, USN (RET.)“Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a patriot and veteran, retired U.S. Navy Commander John ``Jack'' Holland. Mr. Holland's passion for flying came from joining the naval aviation program following his last semester of college.”
What Their Votes Add Up To
The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.
Voting With Their Party
On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Ted Budd voted on 817 and was with the Republican majority on 814 of them.
817 party line votes cast
- With their party81499.6%
- Against their party30.4%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- January 29, 2026H.R. 7148Voted Nay · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
- September 9, 2025PN129-10Voted Nay · On the Cloture Motion
- March 10, 2025PN11-4Voted Nay · On the Nomination
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Marsha BlackburnRepublican · TN · agreed on 99.2% of 852 shared votes
- Bernie MorenoRepublican · OH · agreed on 99.0% of 885 shared votes
- Jim BanksRepublican · IN · agreed on 99.0% of 878 shared votes
- Bill HagertyRepublican · TN · agreed on 99.0% of 858 shared votes
- John BarrassoRepublican · WY · agreed on 98.8% of 886 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- John FettermanDemocrat · PA · agreed on 26.1% of 831 shared votes
- Jeanne ShaheenDemocrat · NH · agreed on 21.1% of 855 shared votes
- Margaret Wood HassanDemocrat · NH · agreed on 18.9% of 876 shared votes
- Jacky RosenDemocrat · NV · agreed on 17.2% of 878 shared votes
- Mark R. WarnerDemocrat · VA · agreed on 16.2% of 850 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Ted Budd as speaking in 69 items of business across 39 sitting days of this Congress.
Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.
- August 7, 2026AGOA EXTENSION ACT--Continued; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 130
- August 5, 2026Vote on Schwartz Nomination (Executive Calendar); Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 128
- August 5, 2026Nomination of Todd Blanche (Executive Calendar); Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 128
- August 4, 2026Text of Senate Amendment 6733; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 127
- July 29, 2026RECOGNIZING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF H.G. GREENE GENERAL STORE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 124
- July 27, 2026LEGISLATIVE SESSION; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 122
- July 13, 2026Text of Senate Amendment 6573; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 113
- June 24, 2026Text of Senate Amendment 6229; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 106
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every Recorded Vote
All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Ted Budd. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.
Elsewhere in the Record
- Everyone who represents North Carolina Both chambers, with a link to each member's page.
- Find your representatives Every member of the 119th Congress, by state.
The other North Carolina seat in this chamber is held by Thom Tillis.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.