Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 74%
- Score coverage
- 100%
- Recommendation
- Recommended
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-25
Official ballot record · Published research
Michael Dublin
Green candidate for US SENATE.
Green nominee Michael Dublin is a retired public-school educator and community activist. His campaign emphasizes labor, environmental justice, democracy reform, and refusing corporate PAC money.
Campaign finance
OpenFEC reports $25,275.63 in receipts, $16,990 in disbursements, and $10,026.99 cash on hand through June 30, 2026. The totals include $1,740 from a party committee and no other political-committee contributions.
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Evidence-gated scorecard
How this candidate measures up
Worker-policy alignment
The campaign supports free public healthcare, medical-debt cancellation, unionized green jobs, a $25 federal minimum wage, paid parental leave and permanently affordable public housing.
Evidence confidence: 75%Record reliability
No comparable governing record is available. Campaign promises are not treated as accomplishments.
Evidence confidence: 0%Funding independence
OpenFEC reports no contributions from other political committees through June 30, 2026. The campaign's broader no-corporate-money claim remains separately labeled as a campaign statement.
Evidence confidence: 85%Democracy and ethics
The campaign supports overturning Citizens United, ending gerrymandering and voter suppression, and increasing government transparency.
Evidence confidence: 70%Transparency
The campaign publishes unusually detailed, concrete issue positions and public action pages. Questionnaire participation is not scored during the project's launch period.
Evidence confidence: 75%not applicable
Promises: The campaign publishes detailed commitments across labor, healthcare, housing, climate and democracy.
Record: No comparable legislative or executive record is available.
Promises are displayed as commitments, not accomplishments.
0/10 answered
The project launched today and questionnaire participation is not currently treated as positive or negative evidence.
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
Dublin has no comparable legislative or executive record, so the assessment relies primarily on specific campaign commitments and official finance records.
Small statewide campaign
OpenFEC reports approximately $25,276 in receipts. That is far below million-dollar statewide campaigns and may limit paid communication and organizing capacity; it does not change policy alignment.
Evidence record
What the sources establish
Stated position
Worker power
Dublin’s campaign supports a Green New Deal framed around renewable energy and union jobs.
“A Green New Deal for North Carolina: renewable energy, good union jobs”
Campaign claim pending filing verification
Funding
The campaign says it refuses corporate PAC contributions. This is a campaign statement until confirmed against complete filings.
“refuses all corporate donations”
Official FEC record
Campaign finance
OpenFEC reports $25,275.63 in receipts and no contributions from other political committees through June 30, 2026; it reports $1,740 from a party committee.
“Receipts $25,275.63; other political committee contributions $0; political party committee contributions $1,740.”
Candidate campaign statement
Democracy and ethics
Get big money out of politics. Overturn Citizens United, end gerrymandering and voter suppression, and build a democracy truly of, by, and for the people.
“Get big money out of politics. Overturn Citizens United, end gerrymandering and voter suppression, and build a democracy truly of, by, and for the people.”
Candidate campaign statement
Worker power
A Green New Deal for North Carolina: renewable energy, good union jobs, and accountability for corporate polluters, from the mountains to the coast.
“A Green New Deal for North Carolina: renewable energy, good union jobs, and accountability for corporate polluters, from the mountains to the coast.”
Candidate campaign statement
Democracy and ethics
Dismantle systems of oppression: reform criminal justice, protect voting rights, and guarantee housing and quality education in every zip code.
“Dismantle systems of oppression: reform criminal justice, protect voting rights, and guarantee housing and quality education in every zip code.”
Candidate campaign statement
Housing and household costs
For too long, our society has been plagued by systemic racism and inequality. We will fight to dismantle these systems of oppression in all their forms. This means reforming our criminal justice system, ending mass incarceration, and investing in community-based alternatives to policing. We will protect and expand voting rights, fight for affordable housing for all, and ensure that every North Carolinian has access to a quality education, regardless of their zip code.
“For too long, our society has been plagued by systemic racism and inequality. We will fight to dismantle these systems of oppression in all their forms. This means reforming our criminal justice system, ending mass incarceration, and investing in community-based alternatives to policing. We will protect and expand voting rights, fight for affordable housing for all, and ensure that every North Carolinian has access to a quality education, regardless of their zip code.”