Representative · North Carolina's 13th district

Brad Knott

Brad Knott is a Republican representative for North Carolina's 13th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 11, and cast 462 of 467 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2025
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6751.6%11 of 675 · rank 239 of 43999%462 of 467 · rank 147 of 43960 became law4%4 of 90

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.82+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
  2. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  3. S. 1318: Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration ActNay
    Apr 29, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–191· Against party
  4. S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
    Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
  5. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

6 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced467%
  2. Passed one chamber233%

Policy areas

  1. Immigration2
  2. Transportation and Public Works2
  3. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues1
  4. Government Operations and Politics1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10052 Right to Worship Act
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Aug 6, 2026
  2. H.R. 9653 Limiting Excessive Government Obstruction Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 14, 2026
  3. H.R. 8267 SAFER Transport Act
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Apr 15, 2026
  4. H.R. 6267 Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025
    Passed one chamber· Transportation and Public Works· Mar 25, 2026
  5. H.R. 4070 Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act
    Passed one chamber· Immigration· Nov 20, 2025
  6. H.R. 3242 Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025
    Introduced· Immigration· May 7, 2025

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to North Carolina's 13th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$118.3M
Per resident
$147
Rank in North Carolina
10 of 14
Contract actions
10.3K
New awards: 9,810

By fiscal year

  1. 151.4MFY2017
  2. 174.8MFY2018
  3. 184.3MFY2019
  4. 162.8MFY2020
  5. 212.8MFY2021
  6. 161.3MFY2022
  7. 146.8MFY2023
  8. 132.7MFY2024
  9. 134.8MFY2025
  10. 118.3MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$56.1M47%
    Department of Defense
  2. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$18.7M16%
    Department of Justice
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$15.9M13%
    General Services Administration
  4. Agricultural Research Service$5.2M4.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of Veterans Affairs$4.9M4.2%
  6. Department of the Army$4.9M4.2%
    Department of Defense
  7. Agricultural Marketing Service$4.5M3.8%
    Department of Agriculture
  8. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$3.9M3.3%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. US FOODS INC$27.3M23%
    2,567 awards
  2. SYSCO RALEIGH, LLC$26M22%
    3,825 awards
  3. INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.$15.8M13%
    2 awards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$10.4M8.8%
    14 awards
  5. SOUTH GRANVILLE WATER & SEWER AUTH$5.3M4.5%
    2 awards
  6. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$5.1M4.3%
    4 awards
  7. MCKENZIE CONSTRUCTION & SITE DEVELOPMENT LLC$4.9M4.1%
    1 award
  8. VIOLET SANFORD HOLDINGS, LLC$2.4M2.0%
    3 awards
  9. EATON CORPORATION$2.4M2.0%
    63 awards
  10. QUALITY SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE, LLC$2.1M1.8%
    2 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.3M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$707.8K
From committees
$717.8K
225 committees
From contractor PACs
$157K
50 PACs · 22% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac)$8,000DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$17.5M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$7,500NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
pfizer inc.pfizer inc. pac$7,500PFIZER INCAI match · 100% · the same organization-$140.2K
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$7,000BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$6,000HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
caterpillar inc.caterpillar inc. political action committee (catpac)$6,000CATERPILLAR INCAI match · 100% · the same organization$188.3M
fedex corporationfedex corporation political action committee$5,500FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$407.8M
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$5,000PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.3M$717.8K$157K50 PACs · 22% of committee money
2024$2.5M$374.7K$62.5K23 PACs · 17% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · North Carolina's 13th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
knott.house.gov
Phone
202-225-4531
Office
1239 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.