DemocratJosh Stein
Governor · North Carolina
Governor of North Carolina. Source: https://governor.nc.gov/
14 tracked promises, 1 rated
North Carolina
Represents North Carolina statewide
Showing 2025–present term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
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 promiseEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept1
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
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.
Topic coverage
14 promises across 9 topicsWhat 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
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).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
14 tracked promises
“Pass a $500 million western North Carolina recovery bill to help the region rebuild after Hurricane Helene.”
“Propose a $4 billion public school construction bond, to be put to a vote of the people, to repair old and unsafe school buildings.”
“Raise North Carolina's starting teacher salaries to the highest in the Southeast.”
“Connect more than 93,000 homes, businesses, and community anchor institutions across North Carolina to high-speed internet (targeted by 2030).”
“Cut taxes to help families manage the cost of raising a child.”
“Enact salary increases for state law enforcement and correctional officers, plus signing bonuses for new officers, to improve recruitment and retention.”
“Fund a Fentanyl Control Unit of law enforcement and prosecutors dedicated to getting fentanyl off the streets and prosecuting traffickers.”
“Provide every North Carolina public school student a free school breakfast at no cost.”
“Raise the minimum wage and cut taxes for working families to deliver economic security.”
“Modernize the DMV and reduce wait times so it works better for the people of North Carolina.”
“Increase the supply of housing of all types — single family, duplexes, triplexes, condos, apartments, and special needs housing — to keep prices down.”
“Establish a bipartisan Task Force on Child Care and Early Education to find solutions to child care access and affordability.”
“Ensure schools have the support staff needed to improve students' mental health.”
“Make classrooms cell phone-free zones.”
Stated positions
9 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- EconomyStated position
Raise the minimum wage and cut taxes for working families to deliver economic security.
Sourceshttps://www.joshstein.org/making-economy-workView 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).
Sourceshttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2026/04/23/governor-josh-stein-announces-launch-statewide-high-speed-internet-projects-connect-93000-locationsView position & sources → - Government ReformStated position
Modernize the DMV and reduce wait times so it works better for the people of North Carolina.
Sourceshttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/05/30/governor-stein-highlights-dmv-challenges-calls-increased-investmentView position & sources → - Taxes and EconomyStated position
Cut taxes to help families manage the cost of raising a child.
Sourceshttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/12/governor-steins-state-state-remarks-preparedView 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.
Sourceshttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/12/governor-steins-state-state-remarks-preparedView position & sources → - Disaster RecoveryStated position
Pass a $500 million western North Carolina recovery bill to help the region rebuild after Hurricane Helene.
Sourceshttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/12/governor-steins-state-state-remarks-preparedView 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.
Sourceshttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/12/governor-steins-state-state-remarks-preparedView 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.
Sourceshttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/12/governor-steins-state-state-remarks-preparedView 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.
Sourceshttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/12/governor-steins-state-state-remarks-preparedView position & sources →
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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