Gale Adcock
Democratic PartyincumbentNC State Senate District 16 · Wake County, North Carolina · November 3, 2026
Also on the ballot: Jonathan D. Miller (Libertarian Party), Philip Hensley (Republican Party)
Gale Adcock is the Democratic incumbent seeking re-election to NC Senate District 16, a nurse practitioner who previously served four terms in the NC House. She has sponsored gun-safety, health-care, and environmental legislation and is endorsed by the Sierra Club.
What this office decides
A North Carolina state senator helps write the state budget and tax code and votes on laws covering public schools and vouchers, Medicaid, abortion, guns, policing, elections, and energy. With three-fifths majorities in both chambers, the General Assembly can override the governor's veto and put constitutional amendments on the ballot without the governor. One of 50 senators, elected every two years.
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Dossier
Researched 2026-09-23 · Claude Code research agent with web searchDonald Trump: nothing found. No search result found Trump endorsing, opposing, or commenting on Adcock.
- Sierra Club (for) source
Who they are
Gale Adcock is the Democratic incumbent for NC Senate District 16 (Wake County) since January 2023, after four terms in the NC House (2015-2023) and Cary Town Council service (2007-2014) (NCGA bio). She is a nurse practitioner.
Positions
- Taxes & spending: Sponsored bills reenacting the state Earned Income Tax Credit and targeted relief, plus broad health and school spending bills (NCGA).
- Schools: No public position found on vouchers; sponsored bills adding school psychologists and school nurses (NCGA).
- Personal freedom: Wake County Democrats describe her as supporting "women's reproductive freedom" and critical of the GOP abortion law (Wake Dems).
- Voting rules: No public position found.
- Health care: Sponsor of dozens of bills on Medicaid rates, telehealth, and mental-health services (NCGA).
- Gun policy: Sponsored SB 406 (Extreme Risk Protection Orders) and SB 875 (bar firearm possession after domestic-violence misdemeanors) (NCGA).
Record
Second Senate term after four House terms. Endorsed by the Sierra Club in District 16 (Sierra Club). Civitas Action, a conservative group, scored her 0/100 for 2025 and 28/100 lifetime (Civitas Action).
Money
No verified 2025-2026 fundraising totals were found. Reports are filed at cf.ncsbe.gov, which could not be queried directly.
Recent news
- 2025-03-25: Introduced SB 406, an extreme-risk-protection-order bill (NCGA).
- 2025-03-24: Introduced SB 384, the 2025 Safe Drinking Water Act (NCGA).
- 2026: Advanced to the general election unopposed in the primary (Ballotpedia via search).
What we couldn't find
- A position on school vouchers, voting-access rules, or immigration.
- Verified current campaign-finance totals.
- Any Trump statement.