North Carolina Senate · District 4
Buck Newton
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Buck Newton's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for North Carolina Senate District 4.
Also on the ballot: Jessica (Jess) Rivera (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Buck Newton.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Buck Newton.
Bills
The bills Buck Newton sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 27 | 2 |
| Passed both chambers | 8 | 1 |
| Became law | 8 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 8 of 50 in the Senate (tied with 1 other) · 8 of 30 Republicans (tied with 1 other)
A bill's sponsors are its primary sponsors, the names the General Assembly marks “Primary” (up to four on a House bill, three on a Senate bill); co-sponsors aren't counted. Local bills, which apply to one or a few counties or cities, are counted apart.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 648 Winter Sports Safety and Accidents |
Statewide | Became law | July 8, 2026 |
| SB 355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB |
Statewide | Became law | July 8, 2026 |
| SB 1076 Rocky Mount/Louisburg Utility Rev./Advisory. |
Local | Became law | July 2, 2026 |
| SB 153 North Carolina Border Protection Act |
Statewide | Became law | June 24, 2026 |
| SB 245 Expand Remote Drivers License Services |
Statewide | Became law | Sept. 30, 2025 |
| SB 254 Charter School Changes |
Statewide | Became law | July 29, 2025 |
| SB 429 2025 Public Safety Act |
Statewide | Became law | July 9, 2025 |
| SB 664 JMAC/ABC/Other Revisions |
Statewide | Became law | July 7, 2025 |
| SB 710 DPS Agency Changes.-AB |
Statewide | Became law | July 2, 2025 |
Budget projects
North Carolina's budget acts, and the conference reports that list their items, don't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for North Carolina legislators.
Contested votes where they split
3 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 3 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President Pro Tempore | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2025 | HB 441: Shrimp Trawling Transition Program/Fees Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| June 18, 2025 | HB 442: Flounder/Red Snapper Seasons & Shrimp Trawl Motion to Table / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 30, 2025 | SB 599: State Teacher/Employee Pay & Local LEO Bonus Second Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Buck Newton voted on each of the 704 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President Pro Tempore | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- www.ncleg.gov
- buck.newton@ncleg.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 308, Legislative Office Building 300 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603
919-733-5878
Committees
- Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety Chair
- Judiciary Chair
- Select Committee on Property Tax Reform Chair
- Energy Policy Legislative Commission Vice chair
- Justice and Public Safety Legislative Oversight Vice chair
- Agriculture, Energy and Environment
- Education and Higher Education
- Finance
- Governmental Operations Commission
- Governmental Operations Commission
- Legislative Emergency Management Oversight
- Legislative Emergency Management Oversight
- Legislative Ethics
- Legislative Transportation Oversight
- Transportation
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the North Carolina General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the North Carolina General Assembly's roll-call vote records, Jan. 8, 2025 to Oct. 7, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections