Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 74%
- Score coverage
- 25%
- Recommendation
- No endorsement
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-25
Official ballot record · Published research
Ken McCool
Democratic candidate for NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 105.
Ken McCool's verified campaign material contains source-linked policy statements. Covered-rights gaps remain explicitly unscored.
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $135,241.71 in election-cycle receipts, $59,020.25 in expenditures, and $76,221.46 cash on hand through 06/30/2026.
Open finance source ↗Campaign links
Funding composition
Where the money comes from
Named individual contributions$84,505.71 · 62.5%
Unitemized individual contributions$8,466.31 · 6.3%
Party committees$11,436.3 · 8.5%
Other political committees$30,833.39 · 22.8%
Material funding concerns
Elizabeth Simons · $13,600
This source supplies at least 10% of reported receipts, creating high donor concentration.
JUNO Fund · $6,800
This is material institutional funding; its sponsor, purpose, and relationship to the candidate warrant scrutiny.
Nicole for NC · $6,800
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
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 31.3% 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 2 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.
Developing campaign
Reported receipts exceed $100,000. Organization and competitiveness still require separate evidence.
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
Housing and household costs
Ken McCool is a lifelong Matthews resident, elected official, and president of a family-run small business. First elected at just 21, He became one of the youngest elected officials in NC history. He has spent years fighting for affordable housing, public safety, and smart growth.
“Ken McCool is a lifelong Matthews resident, elected official, and president of a family-run small business. First elected at just 21, He became one of the youngest elected officials in NC history. He has spent years fighting for affordable housing, public safety, and smart growth.”
Candidate campaign statement
Housing and household costs
Ken McCool is a lifelong Matthews resident, elected official, and president of a family-run small business. First elected at just 21, He became one of the youngest elected officials in NC history. He has spent years fighting for affordable housing, public safety, and smart growth. Ken helped deliver the town’s largest park investment in a generation and helped recruit a major advanced manufacturing campus that will bring high-paying jobs to the region.
“Ken McCool is a lifelong Matthews resident, elected official, and president of a family-run small business. First elected at just 21, He became one of the youngest elected officials in NC history. He has spent years fighting for affordable housing, public safety, and smart growth. Ken helped deliver the town’s largest park investment in a generation and helped recruit a major advanced manufacturing campus that will bring high-paying jobs to the region.”