U.S. Senator

Calls for greater oversight of monetary policy, opposes a government-controlled digital currency, and supports protecting the right to own and use digital assets.

Says he would vote to roll back the Trump administration's tariffs, which he says raise costs for farmers and consumers. Proposes blocking grocery-chain mergers, banning algorithms that set grocery prices for individual customers, and barring food companies from using software to coordinate prices.

Supports a $25 federal minimum wage adjusted for living costs, a 32-hour work week with no loss in pay, price controls on everyday goods, and higher taxes on the wealthy.

Says economic strength depends on "reliable, affordable energy" and reducing federal spending, and backs trade, tax and regulatory policies aimed at North Carolina manufacturers, small businesses and farmers. In 2025, as RNC chair, defended Trump's tariffs as part of a strategy to bring manufacturing back to the U.S.

Supports nuclear and next-generation energy and favors "innovation over mandates."

Says data centers should pay the full cost of the power they use rather than passing it to consumers. Proposes modernizing the electric grid, encouraging large tech companies to build their own power sources, and barring utility shutoffs during periods of severe heat and cold.

Supports a Green New Deal with a unionized green jobs program, a ban on new oil and gas drilling, a planned transition to 100% renewable energy, and a moratorium on new data centers.

Calls for "unleashing American energy" to achieve energy independence, and credits increased U.S. production under Trump with limiting gas-price shocks.

Supports repealing federal health care mandates, expanding Health Savings Accounts and state-led health care solutions.

Supports reinstating the expired Affordable Care Act tax credits and reversing Medicaid cuts. Proposes broader Medicare drug-price negotiation, an annual cap on out-of-pocket prescription costs, limits on surprise billing, and tighter rules for pharmacy benefit managers and insurer claim denials.

Supports free health care for all (Medicare for All), public ownership of pharmaceutical companies and for-profit hospitals, and cancellation of medical debt.

Defended the 2025 law's Medicaid changes, saying, "We need to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse."

Supports enforcing existing immigration laws and lawful entry to support economic growth.

Says the federal government "should deport violent criminals." After the January 2026 Minneapolis shootings involving federal agents, said any additional ICE and Border Patrol funding must come with "immediate reforms." As governor, vetoed a 2024 bill (H.B. 10) that required sheriffs to cooperate with ICE and expanded private-school scholarship funding.

Supports abolishing ICE, ending immigrant detention and deportations, and legal status for all undocumented immigrants.

Says he is "100% supportive" of President Trump securing the border and deporting immigrants in the country illegally who have committed crimes. In April 2025, asked about possible shortages of visa workers in agriculture, said the current stage of immigration enforcement should be viewed as "phase one."

As governor, vetoed the 2023 bill banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy; the legislature overrode the veto. In 2019 he vetoed S.B. 359, the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act," saying it was "an unnecessary interference between doctors and their patients."

Supports "free, safe, legal, and accessible abortion" and free contraceptives.

Lists "protecting life" among the conservative values he says he will defend.

Supports ending civil asset forfeiture without conviction and reducing mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenses.

Says he does not support cashless bail. His campaign cites his 16 years as attorney general prosecuting violent criminals and the pretrial-release laws he signed as governor.

Proposes a federal version of North Carolina's Iryna's Law, which limits pretrial release for violent offenders; has not detailed what the federal version would include. Says he wants policies that put more police on the street, pay them better and keep violent offenders in jail; criticizes cashless bail and expanded pretrial release.

Supports simplifying the tax code, ending "corporate handouts and special-interest loopholes," and capping federal spending to slow debt growth.

Opposed the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, saying its health care cuts were made "to give tax breaks to billionaires." Proposes expanding the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit and offering employer tax credits for child care.

Supports the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including extending the 2017 middle-class tax cuts and the tax breaks on tips, overtime and Social Security income.

Supports requiring congressional authorization for military action and focusing defense spending on readiness.

Supports cutting the military budget and redirecting the money to health care, education and housing, and supports abolishing NATO.

Supports overturning Citizens United, comprehensive campaign finance reform, ending gerrymandering, and ranked choice voting with proportional representation.

Pledges to defend Second Amendment rights.

Proposes restricting large corporations, investment funds and foreign companies from buying single-family homes, banning algorithm-driven rent-setting software, and offering incentives for multifamily and modular construction.

Supports ending mass surveillance without probable cause, restoring Fourth Amendment protections, and applying cybersecurity best practices to election systems.

Opposes cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and supports increasing benefits.