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DemocratJosh Stein

Governor · North Carolina

DemocratState

Governor of North Carolina. Source: https://governor.nc.gov/

14 tracked promises, 1 rated

North Carolina

North Carolina

Represents North Carolina statewide

75/100
Trust rating
Generally keeps promises
75
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+50) to 0–100, aggregated from 1 rated promise. Never an opaque single score. Provisional — based on 1 rated promise they could act on; a settled rating needs at least 5.
How this is calculated →

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+50 · based on 1 rated promise

  • Partial 1

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2025 · 1 rated promise

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 202650
now50 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

1 tracked
  • Kept1
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
011Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 13— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

14 promises across 9 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Education5
  • Public Safety2
  • Broadband and Infrastructure1
  • Child Care1
  • Disaster Recovery1
  • Economy1
  • Government Reform1
  • Housing1
  • Taxes and Economy1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)14100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
21
34
46
53

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

14 tracked promises

Partialmedium confidence

Raise the minimum wage and cut taxes for working families to deliver economic security.

EconomySpecific · measurable
SourcesJosh Stein for NC (campaign site)· archivedNorth Carolina Department of Labor· archivedWRALCarolina JournalWRAL
Not yet rated

Pass a $500 million western North Carolina recovery bill to help the region rebuild after Hurricane Helene.

Disaster RecoverySpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Propose a $4 billion public school construction bond, to be put to a vote of the people, to repair old and unsafe school buildings.

EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Raise North Carolina's starting teacher salaries to the highest in the Southeast.

EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Connect more than 93,000 homes, businesses, and community anchor institutions across North Carolina to high-speed internet (targeted by 2030).

Broadband and InfrastructureSpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2026
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Cut taxes to help families manage the cost of raising a child.

Taxes and EconomySpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Enact salary increases for state law enforcement and correctional officers, plus signing bonuses for new officers, to improve recruitment and retention.

Public SafetySpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Fund a Fentanyl Control Unit of law enforcement and prosecutors dedicated to getting fentanyl off the streets and prosecuting traffickers.

Public SafetySpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Provide every North Carolina public school student a free school breakfast at no cost.

EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Modernize the DMV and reduce wait times so it works better for the people of North Carolina.

Government ReformPromised May 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Increase the supply of housing of all types — single family, duplexes, triplexes, condos, apartments, and special needs housing — to keep prices down.

HousingPromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Establish a bipartisan Task Force on Child Care and Early Education to find solutions to child care access and affordability.

Child CarePromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Ensure schools have the support staff needed to improve students' mental health.

EducationPromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
Not yet rated

Make classrooms cell phone-free zones.

EducationPromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived

Positions on record

9 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • EconomyStated position

    Raise the minimum wage and cut taxes for working families to deliver economic security.

    SourcesJosh Stein for NC (campaign site)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Broadband and InfrastructureStated position

    Connect more than 93,000 homes, businesses, and community anchor institutions across North Carolina to high-speed internet (targeted by 2030).

    SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
    View position & sources
  • Government ReformStated position

    Modernize the DMV and reduce wait times so it works better for the people of North Carolina.

    SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
    View position & sources
  • Taxes and EconomyStated position

    Cut taxes to help families manage the cost of raising a child.

    SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
    View position & sources
  • EducationStated position

    Propose a $4 billion public school construction bond, to be put to a vote of the people, to repair old and unsafe school buildings.

    SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
    View position & sources
  • Disaster RecoveryStated position

    Pass a $500 million western North Carolina recovery bill to help the region rebuild after Hurricane Helene.

    SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
    View position & sources
  • HousingStated position

    Increase the supply of housing of all types — single family, duplexes, triplexes, condos, apartments, and special needs housing — to keep prices down.

    SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
    View position & sources
  • Child CareStated position

    Establish a bipartisan Task Force on Child Care and Early Education to find solutions to child care access and affordability.

    SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
    View position & sources
  • Public SafetyStated position

    Enact salary increases for state law enforcement and correctional officers, plus signing bonuses for new officers, to improve recruitment and retention.

    SourcesOffice of the Governor of North Carolina· archived
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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