Ray Jeffers
North Carolina State Representative, District 2 since 2022. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 3 yrs
- Since 2022
- Bills became law
- 0
- 10 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 10.7%
- Chamber median 3.8%
- With party
- 82%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +15.2
- Won 2024
- 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.
- Agriculture and Environment
- Appropriations
- Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources
- Energy and Public Utilities
- Legislative Emergency Management Oversight
- Legislative Ethics
- State Lottery Legislative Oversight
- State and Local Government
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE DEPT.; APPROPRIATIONS; ARMED FORCES; BUDGETING; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; CONSUMER PROTECTION; CORPORATIONS · Failed in committee Apr 2026
APPROPRIATIONS; ARMED FORCES; BUDGETING; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; CORPORATIONS · Failed in committee Apr 2026
APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; COMMERCE; CORPORATIONS · Failed in committee Apr 2025
APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; BUILDINGS; COUNTIES; FUNDING; GRANTS; MUNICIPALITIES; PUBLIC; DURHAM COUNTY; DURHAM; PUBLIC BUILDINGS · Failed in committee Apr 2025
AGRICULTURE; APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; CAPITAL SPENDING; COUNTIES; DEQ; DHHS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; ENVIRONMENT; FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING; FUNDING; GRANTS; HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTERNET; LDC; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NURSES & NURSING; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROPERTY; PUBLIC; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELESERVICES; UTILITIES; WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL LAND · Failed in committee Apr 2025
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Jeffers sits in the North Carolina House of Representatives
Jeffers is closer to the center than 81% of the chamber's Democrats.
Closest: Ya Liu, Mike Colvin, Nasif Majeed
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:55 PM ET
With Jeffers’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Democrats82%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills65%
Black tick: the average of Democrats 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: Jeffers’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.
| Date | Bill | Jeffers | Dem. majority | Rep. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | SJR 1091: Adjournment Resolution. | Yes | No | Yes | Passed 78–28 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | HB 268: 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II. | No | No | Yes | Passed 79–28 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | HB 834: State Board of Elections Administrative Changes. | No | No | Yes | Passed 74–35 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | SB 1092: 2026 Senate and House Appointments. | No | No | Yes | Passed 71–38 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | SB 445: Regulatory Reform Act of 2026. | No | No | Yes | Passed 84–26 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Jeffers was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
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 District 2 | Won | — | D+10.3 | — |
| 2024 | North Carolina House of Representatives, District 2 | Won | D+15.2 | — | — |
| 2022 | North Carolina House of Representatives, District 2 | Won | D+11.1 | — | — |
| 2014 | North Carolina House of Representatives, District 2 | Lost | R+13.4 | — | — |
| 2014 | North Carolina House of Representatives, District 2 (primary) | Won | +14.9 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: North Carolina State Board of Elections (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Campaign money, 2025–26
- Raised
- $20.5K
- Spent
- $24K
- Cash
- $8.8K
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections filings through Oct 17, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 1:06 AM ET
Campaign committees
Open committees can still raise and spend money.
| B RAY JEFFERS FOR NORTH CAROLINA State | Active |
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections filings through Oct 17, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026, 1:06 AM ET
Seats Jeffers has held
- North Carolina House of Representatives, District 2 · since 2022
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Jeffers has run against
- Jason Chambers (R) · 2024 election, won
- Larry Yarborough (R) · 2022 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: North Carolina State Board of Elections (unofficial)
How we know Jeffers
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/064a56b9-d616-43a1-a3f2-ffd4938740d3
- Wikidata Q116787818
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET