Howard Penny

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 53 · Republican

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83 roll-call votes on record - 81 yes, 2 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 53 (North Carolina) since Sep 2020. ncleg.gov ↗

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83

Roll-call votes on record.

83 votes · 81 yes · 2 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Aug 4, 2026

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Local Government4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

AGRICULTURE4 votes · yes on 3, no on 1

Public Safety4 votes · yes on 4, no on 0

Public Health3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

Health2 votes · yes on 2, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESAuthorize Municipal Deannexation.HB 199 · Aug 4, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 75% of North Carolina House members

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Score+0.84 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.01 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.84)

Compared with493 members of North Carolina House members (1993–2022)

Covers2021–2022

● This person Democrats (239) Republicans (254)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More liberal than 51% of 2022 North Carolina House candidates

Details

Score+1.00 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.16 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.16)

Compared with229 members of 2022 North Carolina House candidates

Covers2020–2022

● This person Democrats (99) Republicans (125) Independents (5)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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