North Carolina House · District 80
Sam Watford
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Sam Watford'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 House District 80.
Also on the ballot: JacQuez Johnson (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Sam Watford.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Sam Watford.
Bills
The bills Sam Watford sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 2 | 0 |
| Passed both chambers | 1 | 0 |
| Became law | 1 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 49 of 120 in the House (tied with 23 others) · 49 of 71 Republicans (tied with 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 247 Underground Safety Revisions |
Statewide | Became law | June 26, 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 Speaker; 3 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2025 | HB 618: Ivermectin Access Act Second Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 16, 2025 | HB 636: Promoting Wholesome Content for Students Amendment |
Yea | Excused | Nay (split) |
| April 1, 2025 | HR 563: House Permanent Rules Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
Every roll call
How Sam Watford voted on each of the 808 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | 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
- sam.watford@ncleg.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 632, Legislative Office Building 300 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603
919-715-2526
Committees
- State and Local Government Chair
- Local Government Legislative Co-chair
- Agriculture and Environment
- Energy and Public Utilities
- Finance
- Housing and Development
- Property Tax Reduction and Reform Select
- Environmental Review Commission Advisory member
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