Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 74%
- Score coverage
- 25%
- Recommendation
- No endorsement
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-25
Official ballot record · Published research
James D. Gailliard
Democratic candidate for NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 11.
James D. Gailliard's verified campaign material contains source-linked policy statements. Covered-rights gaps remain explicitly unscored.
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $61,091.96 in election-cycle receipts, $17,881.96 in expenditures, and $43,210 cash on hand through 02/14/2026.
Open finance source ↗Campaign links
Funding composition
Where the money comes from
Named individual contributions$37,749.75 · 61.8%
Unitemized individual contributions$4,271.66 · 7.0%
Party committees$17,456.19 · 28.6%
Other political committees$1,600 · 2.6%
Loans and other receipts$14.36 · 0.0%
Material funding concerns
NC DEMOCRATIC PARTY - SENATE CAUCUS · $10,656.19
This source supplies at least 10% of reported receipts, creating high donor concentration.
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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
No sufficiently specific, validated worker-policy position is published.
Evidence confidence: 0%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 31.2% of the displayed funding breakdown. This does not infer donor motive.
Evidence confidence: 90%Democracy and ethics
No sufficiently specific, validated democracy or judicial-rights position is published.
Evidence confidence: 0%Transparency
The reviewed profile publishes 3 source-linked evidence items and labels candidate statements separately from official records.
Evidence confidence: 74%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.
Small campaign scale
Reported receipts remain below $100,000, indicating fewer financial resources than major statewide campaigns. This is not a prediction of defeat and does not alter political merit.
Risks and uncertainty
What remains uncertain
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
Wages and economic security
earn a living wage, have access to health care and safe effective public schools, among
“earn a living wage, have access to health care and safe effective public schools, among”
Candidate campaign statement
Housing and household costs
His faith-driven leadership champions broadband access, affordable housing, food security, and increased civic engagement for underserved communities.
“His faith-driven leadership champions broadband access, affordable housing, food security, and increased civic engagement for underserved communities.”
Candidate campaign statement
Healthcare and material security
Protect and expand Medicaid expansion that has already enrolled 650,000
“Protect and expand Medicaid expansion that has already enrolled 650,000”