Research status
- Evidence confidence
- 86%
- Score coverage
- 100%
- Recommendation
- Support with reservations
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-25
Official ballot record · Published research
Vernetta Alston
Democratic candidate for NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 029.
Vernetta Alston's public campaign material contains 3 validated positive alignment signals under the approved methodology.
Campaign finance
NCSBE reports $107,873.44 in election-cycle receipts, $102,767.32 in expenditures, and $5,969.72 cash on hand through 06/30/2026.
Open finance source ↗Campaign links
Funding composition
Where the money comes from
Named individual contributions$87,078.63 · 80.7%
Unitemized individual contributions$2,566.36 · 2.4%
Party committees$500 · 0.5%
Other political committees$17,453.45 · 16.2%
Loans and other receipts$275 · 0.3%
No named source in the processed filing crossed the project's material-concern threshold.
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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 well-funded schools and educator resources. Supports greater healthcare access and housing stability. 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 16.6% of the displayed funding breakdown. This does not infer donor motive.
Evidence confidence: 90%Democracy and ethics
Positive evidence: Worked on racial-bias review in death-penalty cases and represented a client later exonerated. 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
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
Validated position
Values alignment
Worked on racial-bias review in death-penalty cases and represented a client later exonerated.
“Worked on racial-bias review in death-penalty cases and represented a client later exonerated.”
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports well-funded schools and educator resources.
“Supports well-funded schools and educator resources.”
Validated position
Values alignment
Supports greater healthcare access and housing stability.
“Supports greater healthcare access and housing stability.”