Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 86%
- Score coverage
- 100%
- Recommendation
- Not recommended
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-25
Official ballot record · Published research
Kevin Crutchfield
Republican candidate for NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 34.
Kevin Crutchfield's public campaign material contains 3 validated values-conflict signals and 0 positive alignment signals under the approved methodology.
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $172,167.4 in election-cycle receipts, $119,117.89 in expenditures, and $66,863.53 cash on hand through 06/30/2026.
Open finance source ↗Campaign links
Funding composition
Where the money comes from
Named individual contributions$77,612.4 · 45.1%
Unitemized individual contributions$930 · 0.5%
Party committees$6,000 · 3.5%
Other political committees$7,400 · 4.3%
Loans and other receipts$80,225 · 46.6%
Material funding concerns
KEVIN CRUTCHFIELD · $15,052.89
This source supplies at least 10% of reported receipts, creating high donor concentration.
TODD JOHNSON FOR NC SENATE · $6,400
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
Conflict evidence: Centers deregulation and private business power. 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 7.8% of the displayed funding breakdown. This does not infer donor motive.
Evidence confidence: 90%Democracy and ethics
Conflict evidence: Calls a well-armed citizenry essential and opposes measures making firearm purchases more difficult. Supports castle-doctrine protection and resistance to gun-safety regulation. Applied under the approved civil-rights and democratic-safety rules.
Evidence confidence: 90%Transparency
The reviewed profile publishes 3 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: Gun absolutism
Calls a well-armed citizenry essential and opposes measures making firearm purchases more difficult.
Material: Castle doctrine expansion
Supports castle-doctrine protection and resistance to gun-safety regulation.
Material: Regulatory rollback
Centers deregulation and private business power.
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
high conflict
Values conflict
Calls a well-armed citizenry essential and opposes measures making firearm purchases more difficult.
“Calls a well-armed citizenry essential and opposes measures making firearm purchases more difficult.”
material conflict
Values conflict
Supports castle-doctrine protection and resistance to gun-safety regulation.
“Supports castle-doctrine protection and resistance to gun-safety regulation.”
material conflict
Values conflict
Centers deregulation and private business power.
“Centers deregulation and private business power.”