Ted Budd

Republican · NC · U.S. Senate

Record of service

In office: 9.7 years
Chambers: House 6y, Senate 3.7y
First took office: 2017 (4 terms)
Seniority: 72 of 100 by time served
Age: 54
Senate class: 3 · junior senator

District offices

Advance, NC · 336-941-4470
Raleigh, NC · 984-349-5061
Wilmington, NC · 910-218-7600
Asheville, NC · 828-333-4130

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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019

$6.0M

2020

$6.4M

2021

$8.4M

Most recent filing (2021)

Assets: $4.7M – $13.3M
Liabilities: $380k – $850k
Net worth: $3.9M – $13.0M
Since 2019: +$2.4M

Largest holdings in the 2021 filing · 75 assets reported

PS1 Rural Hall LLC, 100% Interest$1.0M – $5.0M

T Paul Properties LLC ⇒ Hope Church Road Commercial Warehouse$500k – $1.0M

Budd Family LLC (1) ⇒ Budd Family LLC$250k – $500k

Budd Family LLC (2) ⇒ Budd Family LLC$250k – $500k

Budd Family LLC (3) ⇒ Budd Family LLC$250k – $500k

Due from Ted Budd for Senate Committee$250k – $500k

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company ⇒ LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index SC (946)$100k – $250k

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company ⇒ LVIP Vanguard Bnd Alloc Fnd SC (791)$100k – $250k

Truist Bank (formerly BB&T)$100k – $250k

AKB Individual TOD 18 ⇒ Tax Managed International Equity S$50k – $100k

AKB Individual TOD 18 ⇒ Tax Managed US Large Cap Fund CL$50k – $100k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 1 ⇒ Fidelity Inflat-Prof BD Index Fund$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 1 ⇒ Tax Exempt Bond Fund Class S$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 1 ⇒ Tax Managed International Equity S$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 1 ⇒ Tax Managed US Large Cap Fund CL$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 2 ⇒ Fidelity Inflat-Prot BD Index Fund$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 2 ⇒ Tax Exempt Bond Fund Class S$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 2 ⇒ Tax Managed International Equity S$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 2 ⇒ Tax Managed US Large Cap Fund CL$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 3 ⇒ Fidelity Inflat-Prot BD Index Fund$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 3 ⇒ Tax Exempt Bond Fund Class S$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 3 ⇒ Tax Managed International Equity S$15k – $50k

SP None Tax-Deferred AKB - ROTH IRA ⇒ International Developed Mrkt CL S$15k – $50k

AKB - ROTH IRA ⇒ Invesco Equally Weighted S&P 500$15k – $50k

AKB Individual TOD 18 ⇒ Dimensional ETF Trust US Equity$15k – $50k

AKB Individual TOD 18 ⇒ Russell Tax-Managed Real Assets CL S$15k – $50k

AKB Individual TOD 96 ⇒ Tax Managed International Equity S$15k – $50k

AKB Individual TOD 96 ⇒ Tax Managed US Large Cap Fund CL$15k – $50k

TPB ROTH IRA ⇒ International Developed Mrkt CL S$15k – $50k

TPB ROTH IRA ⇒ Invesco Equally Weighted S&P 500$15k – $50k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 1 ⇒ Russell Tax-Managed Real Assets CL S$1k – $15k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 1 ⇒ Tax Exempt High Yield Bond S$1k – $15k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 1 ⇒ Tax Managed US Mid & Small CP S$1k – $15k

2017 IRRV TR FBO 2 ⇒ Russell Tax-Managed Real Assets CL S$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

R+0.81

Healthcare

R+0.84

Immigration & Border

R+0.80

Guns

R+1.00

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

R+0.79

Environment & Energy

R+0.85

Crime & Policing

R+0.81

Defense & Veterans

R+0.57

Economy & Labor

R+0.79

Foreign Policy & Trade

R+0.54

Civil Rights & Social

R+0.63

Education

R+0.62

Government & Democracy

R+0.80

Judicial & Executive Nominations

R+0.89

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Ted Budd's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

94%Closest

66%

30%

20%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

16%

Communist Party USA

15%

On the political map

Ted Budd (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Buddsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Committees

Joint Economic Committeecenter · 20 members
Senate Select Committee on Intelligencecenter · 21 members
Senate Committee on Armed Servicescenter · 27 members
Airland Emerging Threats and Capabilities Personnel Cybersecurity
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportationcenter · 28 members
Aviation, Space, and Innovation Telecommunications and Media Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness (Chairman)
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurshipcenter · 19 members

Most and least aligned members

Treating Budd's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Least aligned

Recent notable votes

NAY

Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.

2026-09-24 · Concurrent Resolution Rejected · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans

YEA

Angela Veronica Colmenero, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas

2026-09-23 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations

YEA

Angela Veronica Colmenero, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas

2026-09-23 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations

YEA

Protect College Sports Act of 2026

2026-09-22 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Education, Economy & Labor

YEA

Protect College Sports Act of 2026

2026-09-22 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Education, Economy & Labor

YEA

Kasdin Miller Mitchell, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas

2026-09-17 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations

YEA

Kasdin Miller Mitchell, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas

2026-09-17 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations

YEA