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Ted Budd

R Republican · Senator, North Carolina
21
Low self-dealing
3/6 components have data
#103 of 193 scored

Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) shows no individual-stock trading under the STOCK Act; his wealth (~$6.2M) is concentrated in pre-office private business and real estate assets, so neither stock-trading nor net-worth-enrichment metrics register concerns on the available record. His most notable accountability signal is donor-money correlation: banking and financial/credit-services industries are among his largest career donors and his votes on the House Financial Services Committee aligned with those industries' positions, though this is correlation, not proven quid pro quo. A secondary signal is his House attendance, where he missed roughly 13% of votes in 2021-2022 while running for Senate and fundraising heavily, although his Senate attendance is now average. No documented campaign personal-use, office-tied family lobbying, or staff revolving-door activity was found; a family-business fraud allegation predates his office and falls outside these metrics.

Public record

In Congress since
2017
Committees
Armed Services
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Joint Economic Committee
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Missed votes, 119th Congress
2.7% (25 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$1.3M raised · 19% from PACs & committees · $471K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
0
No individual-stock trades disclosed under the STOCK Act. Public trackers show zero trade activity; his reported wealth sits in private LLCs (ProShots gun range), real estate, and a farm, not tradable securities. No committee-sector overlap or timing concerns to score.
MarketBeat congressional tracker shows 'No trade activity' for Sen. Budd; zero recorded individual stock trades.Data aggregatormarketbeat.com ↗Disclosed holdings are private entities and real estate (PS1 Rural Hall LLC/ProShots, Budd Farm, beach property), not individual public equities.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in officeno data
15% weight
—
Estimated net worth ~$6.2M (2025), with most assets being pre-office business and real estate holdings (gun store valued $1M-$5M, farm, warehouse, beach property). No public analysis isolates growth beyond salary and market returns during his tenure; range-based disclosures preclude a reliable excess-growth calculation. Pre-office wealth is not scored.
Quiver estimates Budd worth ~$6.2M (Sept 2025); core assets predate office (ProShots gun store $1M-$5M, farm, real estate).Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗2022/2023 disclosures show pre-existing business and real estate assets reported only in broad value ranges.Data aggregatorfinbold.com ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
40
CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. Banking and financial/credit services rank among Budd's top career donor industries (commercial banks $344K+, financial/credit services $157K+). As a House Financial Services Committee member he repeatedly voted in line with bank/card-industry positions (e.g., debit interchange fees), and industry groups ran ads praising him. Concentration plus aligned votes are documented, but no quid-pro-quo is shown.
Budd received $344K+ from commercial banks and $157K+ from financial/credit services (top-10 career industries) and cast votes aligning with bank/card-industry positions while on House Financial Services Committee.News reportingamericanindependent.com ↗OpenSecrets career industry breakdown documents donor concentration by sector.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
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No public reporting found alleging personal-benefit spending from Budd's campaign committee or his Ted Budd Majority Committee 2028 leadership PAC. FEC filings show standard committee disbursements; absence of findings is not penalized.
Ted Budd Majority Committee 2028 leadership PAC (C00869719) is registered and active; no personal-use allegations identified in its filings.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Authorized committees' disbursements are reported through standard FEC filings with no flagged personal-use spending.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
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No documented office-tied family lobbying, government contracts, or staff-to-lobbyist pipeline associated with Budd's Senate or House office. A separate family-business bankruptcy/fraud allegation (AgriBioTech, 2000) predates his time in office and involves his father, so it is outside this office-tied metric.
Pre-office (2000) AgriBioTech bankruptcy/fraud allegations involve Budd's father and predate his congressional tenure; not tied to his office.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗Staff and lobbying records (LegiStorm/OpenSecrets) show no notable family or staff revolving-door activity tied to his office.Reference databaselegistorm.com ↗
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
35
As a House member during his 2021-2022 Senate campaign, Budd missed ~119 votes (13% of votes), one of the worst attendance records in the House, concentrated during heavy campaign fundraising. Since joining the Senate his record is on the median (42 of 1,510, 2.8%). The spike was campaign-driven and is now historical, moderating the score.
Budd missed 119 votes (~13%) in 2021-2022, among the worst in the House, mostly during his Senate campaign.News reportingncdp.org ↗Senate record: missed 42 of 1,510 roll-call votes (2.8%), on par with the senatorial median.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 4 data aggregator · 2 news reporting · 5 reference database · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 3 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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