North Carolina Senate · District 33
Carl Ford
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Carl Ford'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 33.
Also on the ballot: Gary R. Weart (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Carl Ford.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Carl Ford.
Bills
The bills Carl Ford sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 17 | 4 |
| Passed both chambers | 5 | 1 |
| Became law | 5 | 1 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 17 of 50 in the Senate (tied with 4 others) · 17 of 30 Republicans (tied with 4 others)
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 936 2026 DST Admin/Technical/Clarifying Changes.-AB |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 1126 |
July 8, 2026 |
| SB 876 Various Local Provisions X. |
Local | Became law | July 2, 2026 |
| SB 363 DST Technical Corrections/Admin. Changes 2025.-AB |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 476 |
June 26, 2025 |
| SB 344 Pooled Trust Transfers/Public Benefits Elig. |
Statewide | Became law | June 26, 2025 |
| SB 359 Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.-AB |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 477 |
June 13, 2025 |
| SB 320 LEO Special Separation Allowance Options |
Statewide | Became law passed as HB 50 |
June 13, 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
2 against the Senate President Pro Tempore; 2 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President Pro Tempore | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2026 | HB 198: ABC Omnibus of 2026. Second Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| June 19, 2025 | HB 328: Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables Second Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Carl Ford 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
- carl.ford@ncleg.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 625, Legislative Office Building 300 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603
919-733-5665
Committees
- Appropriations on General Government and Information Technology Chair
- Pensions and Retirement and Aging Chair
- State and Local Government Chair
- General Government Legislative Oversight Co-chair
- Appropriations and Base Budget
- Elections
- Finance
- Governmental Operations Commission
- Governmental Operations Commission
- Legislative Elections Oversight
- Legislative Elections Oversight
- Legislative Transportation Oversight
- Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Select Committee on Property Tax Reform
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