Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 86%
- Score coverage
- 100%
- Recommendation
- Not recommended
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-25
Official ballot record · Published research
Benton Sawrey
Republican candidate for NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 10.
Benton Sawrey's public campaign material contains 5 validated values-conflict signals and 1 positive alignment signal under the approved methodology.
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $416,102.06 in election-cycle receipts, $353,842.53 in expenditures, and $147,615.91 cash on hand through 06/30/2026.
Open finance source ↗Campaign links
Funding composition
Where the money comes from
Named individual contributions$189,405 · 45.5%
Unitemized individual contributions$5,266.41 · 1.3%
Party committees$94,754.64 · 22.8%
Other political committees$126,676 · 30.4%
Loans and other receipts$0.01 · 0.0%
Material funding concerns
NC DENTAL SOCIETY PAC · $6,800
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
PROVIDENCE ANESTHESIOLOGY ASSOCIATES PA FEDERAL PAC · $6,800
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
NC REALTORS PAC · $5,000
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
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Personal donations are not attributed to a donor's employer. Independent expenditures are reported separately from money received by the campaign.
Evidence-gated scorecard
How this candidate measures up
Worker-policy alignment
Positive evidence: Supports rural healthcare access and healthcare-price transparency. Conflict evidence: Supports private-school voucher expansion. Supports eliminating the state income tax. Applied under the approved worker and material-security rules.
Evidence confidence: 88%Record reliability
No comparable governing record exists; this does not reduce the candidate's score.
Evidence confidence: 0%Funding independence
Official filings show party and other political-committee receipts equal to approximately 53.2% of the displayed funding breakdown. This does not infer donor motive.
Evidence confidence: 90%Democracy and ethics
Conflict evidence: Supports 'right to life' restrictions on abortion. Supports excluding transgender women and girls from women's sports. Publishes strong Second Amendment alignment without gun-safety limits. Applied under the approved civil-rights and democratic-safety rules.
Evidence confidence: 90%Transparency
The reviewed profile publishes 7 source-linked evidence items and labels candidate statements separately from official records.
Evidence confidence: 85%not applicable
Promises: Published candidate commitments are shown as statements.
Record: No comparable governing record is available.
The absence of a governing record is labeled as a risk and is not scored as a failure.
0/10 answered
Questionnaire participation is not treated as positive or negative evidence during the launch period.
Developing campaign
Reported receipts exceed $100,000. Organization and competitiveness still require separate evidence.
Risks and uncertainty
What remains uncertain
High-risk: Abortion restriction
Supports 'right to life' restrictions on abortion.
High-risk: Anti trans policy
Supports excluding transgender women and girls from women's sports.
High-risk: School vouchers
Supports private-school voucher expansion.
High-risk: Gun absolutism
Publishes strong Second Amendment alignment without gun-safety limits.
Material: Austerity
Supports eliminating the state income tax.
No governing record
No comparable legislative, executive, or judicial record is available. Campaign commitments are not treated as accomplishments.
Evidence record
What the sources establish
Candidate campaign statement
Public education and services
Every child deserves access to a high-quality education that meets their unique needs, regardless of ZIP code or family income. Supporting school choice means empowering parents to select the educational environment that best serves their children—whether that is a traditional public school, charter school, trade school, private school, or homeschool option. Sawrey voted to expand North Carolina’s opportunity scholarship program and will continue to advance policies that encourage creativity and options for students in all forms of schools.
“Every child deserves access to a high-quality education that meets their unique needs, regardless of ZIP code or family income. Supporting school choice means empowering parents to select the educational environment that best serves their children—whether that is a traditional public school, charter school, trade school, private school, or homeschool option. Sawrey voted to expand North Carolina’s opportunity scholarship program and will continue to advance policies that encourage creativity and options for students in all forms of schools.”
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports rural healthcare access and healthcare-price transparency.
“Supports rural healthcare access and healthcare-price transparency.”
high conflict
Values conflict
Supports 'right to life' restrictions on abortion.
“Supports 'right to life' restrictions on abortion.”
high conflict
Values conflict
Supports excluding transgender women and girls from women's sports.
“Supports excluding transgender women and girls from women's sports.”
high conflict
Values conflict
Supports private-school voucher expansion.
“Supports private-school voucher expansion.”
high conflict
Values conflict
Publishes strong Second Amendment alignment without gun-safety limits.
“Publishes strong Second Amendment alignment without gun-safety limits.”
material conflict
Values conflict
Supports eliminating the state income tax.
“Supports eliminating the state income tax.”