A Texas judge threw out the registration rules for silencers and short-barreled rifles. Six days later, Andrew Clyde — who owns two gun stores — led a letter asking DOJ to skip the appeal and stop enforcing the law nationwide. Thirty-three of the signers have report cards here.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver painful electric shocks — ten times what Susan Collins points to as the de-escalation reform that justified her vote. Here are the 201 Republicans with report cards on this site who voted for the money.
Murphy sits on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and represents Camp Lejeune. On CNN in March 2025 he defended the VA workforce cuts and promised "short-term pain." By September the VA had shed nearly 30,000 people.
Trump won North Carolina with 50.9% of the vote to 47.6%, a margin of 3.2 points. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
12 of 16 — 75%. In the U.S. House, North Carolina has 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats; in the Senate, 2 Republicans and 0 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from North Carolina, on Wikipedia.)
North Carolina ranks #32 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
You can compare North Carolina directly to other states on our Compare States page.
10, listed above. We grade Republicans running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost North Carolina. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 81 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.
