Two pro-business advocacy organizations, North Carolina FreeEnterprise Foundation (NCFree) and the NC Chamber, recently released their respective legislative scorecards. NCFree’s rating system uses a score they refer to as a “Legislative Business Rating,” or “LBR.” Their Legislative Business Rating includes a formula based on how each legislator voted (also referred to as an “Objective Score”), an anonymous survey of industry leaders, and whether a legislator was a primary sponsor of a bill that NCFree deemed to be in favor of free enterprise. The NC Chamber How They Voted Guide used a metric similar to the NCFree “Objective Score.”
The NCFree Objective Score and NC Chamber Score for House legislators have been compiled and averaged at a spreadsheet you can view here:
Based on the metrics by NCFree and the NC Chamber the ten most pro-business House members are:
- Wyatt Gable
- Steve Ross
- Destin Hall
- Dean Arp
- Jeff Zenger
- Mike Schietzelt
- Keith Kidwell
- John Bell
- Paul Scott
- Joe Pike
And the ten most anti-business House members are:
111) Cynthia Ball
112) Jordan Lopez
113) Mary Belk
114) Phil Rubin
115) Julie von Haefen
116) Julia Greenfield
117) Carolyn Logan
118) Deb Butler
119) Marcia Morey
120) Pricey Harrison
Conservatives dominate these ratings, with key votes on bills like House Bill 402, otherwise known as The Reins Act, or the House Bill 926: Regulatory Reform Act of 2025.
The pro-business, pro-freedom reforms of the conservative House majority has positioned North Carolina as the top state for business in the country in CNBC’s ratings, and helped bring economic growth across the state in a multitude of industries.
