Title: U.S. Senator (R-NC), since 2023 Term ends: January 2029 Next voter decision: November 2028
Record on these issues
Budd co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act with Thom Tillis and joined him on legislation “to fight sanctuary policies” aimed at jurisdictions that “have ignored ICE detainer requests” (WCNC). No statement by Budd on Flock, plate readers, Fusus, or DOJ police-technology grants has been found (as of Aug 22, 2026); his privacy legislation concerns aircraft-tracking data. For Buncombe the relevance is the federal side of the pipe: the anti-sanctuary pressure on the sheriff runs through his and Tillis’s offices, and the $1.14M RTIC earmark ran through the House.
Region: Federal · Last updated: Aug 22, 2026