DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Sydney Batch

North Carolina State Senator, District 17 since 2022. Ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 3. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

North Carolina State Senator, District 17Born 1979

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 0; 17 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 16.2%; Chamber median 8.4%
With party: 98%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +47.5; 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.

Appropriations and Base Budget
Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety
Child Fatality Task Force
Commerce and Insurance
Elections
Finance
Governmental Operations Commission
Judiciary
Justice and Public Safety Legislative Oversight
Legislative Elections Oversight
Legislative Transportation Oversight
Nominations Select

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 17 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Batch sits in the North Carolina State Senate

Batch is closer to the center than 38% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Lisa Grafstein, Terence Everitt, Kandie Smith

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

With Batch’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats98%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills23%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the North Carolina State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

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

Date	Bill	Batch	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Jul 29, 2026	HB 562: Budget Technical Corrections Modifications.	Not voting	Yes	Yes	Passed 34–3
Jul 28, 2026	SB 1092: 2026 Senate and House Appointments.	No	No	Yes	Passed 32–9
Jul 2, 2026	SB 257: 2026 Appropriations Act.	No	No	Yes	Passed 35–10
Jul 2, 2026	HB 56: 2026 Budget Technical Corrections.	No	No	Yes	Passed 30–13
Jul 1, 2026	SB 474: Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 40–7

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

Career

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

20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028North Carolina House of Representatives, District 37 North Carolina State Senate, District 17

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 State Senate, District 17	Won	D+47.5	D+29.7	+17.8
2024	North Carolina State Senate, District 17	Won	D+48.8	D+29.7	+19.1
2022	North Carolina State Senate, District 17	Won	D+5.9	—	—
2020	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 37	Lost	R+3.3	—	—
2018	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 37	Won	D+2.1	—	—