RepublicanIn office since Nov 2022

Celeste Cairns

North Carolina State Representative, District 13 since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

North Carolina State Representative, District 13

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 4; 11 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 1.9%; Chamber median 3.8%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +30.5; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Alcoholic Beverage Control · chair
Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources · vice chair
Commerce and Economic Development · vice chair
Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Legislative Oversight
Appropriations
Blockchain and Digital Assets Select
Energy and Public Utilities
Military and Veterans Affairs

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 11 sponsored · 4 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 3 Relief at the Pump.
AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE DEPT.; APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; DEBTOR & CREDITOR; FINES & PENALTIES; FUELS; FUNDS & ACCOUNTS; NOTIFICATION; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RATIFIED; REVENUE DEPT.; STATE CONTROLLER; TAXATION; TAXES · Became law Oct 2026

HB 206 DPS/Other Changes.
APPOINTMENTS; APPROPRIATIONS; ARMED FORCES; BUDGETING; CHARITABLE DONATIONS; CIVIL PROCEDURE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORPORATIONS · Became law Jul 2026

HB 992 Timeshare Foreclosure/Paternity Matters.
DEBTOR & CREDITOR; ESTATES; FORECLOSURES; HOUSING; LIENS; MINORS; PRESENTED; PROPERTY; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; REAL ESTATE; CHAPTERED · Became law Jul 2025

HB 928 Allow Physical Therapists in School Concussion Protocol.
EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES; MINORS; PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; SPORTS; STATE EMPLOYEES; STUDENTS; CHAPTERED; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; STUDENT ATHLETES; SCHOOL STAFF · Became law Jul 2025

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Cairns sits in the North Carolina House of Representatives

Cairns is closer to the center than 56% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Larry Strickland, Stephen Ross, Allen Chesser

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:55 PM ET

With Cairns’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills5%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Cairns’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Cairns	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Aug 5, 2026	SJR 1091: Adjournment Resolution.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 78–28
Aug 5, 2026	HB 268: 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 79–28
Aug 4, 2026	HB 834: State Board of Elections Administrative Changes.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 74–35
Aug 4, 2026	SB 1092: 2026 Senate and House Appointments.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 71–38
Aug 4, 2026	SB 445: Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 84–26

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Cairns was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2022202320242025202620272028North Carolina House of Representatives, District 13

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 13	Won	R+30.5	R+41.7	−11.2
2024	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 13	Won	R+39.8	R+41.7	−1.9
2022	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 13	Won	R+42.6	—	—