Allen Buansi

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 56 · Democratic

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83 roll-call votes on record - 69 yes, 13 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 56 (North Carolina) since Jun 2022. ncleg.gov ↗

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The record

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83

Roll-call votes on record.

83 votes · 69 yes · 13 no · 1 not voting. 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

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

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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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesLiberal

More liberal than 92% of North Carolina House members

Details

Score−0.97 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.33 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.64)

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

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● 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 · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 76% of 2022 North Carolina House candidates

Details

Score−0.81 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.02 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.83)

Compared with229 members of 2022 North Carolina House candidates

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● 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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In their words

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Why they’re running · in their own words

“Allen Buansi is bringing years of experience as a member of Chapel Hill Town Council and a civil rights lawyer to create a North Carolina that is affordable, accessible, and inclusive.”

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Platform positions · verbatim where quoted

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“Fully funding public schools is ultimately about our children and securing their opportunities and their future.”

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“Fully funding public schools is ultimately about our children and securing their opportunities and their future.”

He advocates for fully funding public schools, increasing teacher pay to be competitive, and addressing the $12 billion in school infrastructure repair needs.

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He supports expanding the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program to build a sustainable teacher pipeline.

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