Brad Knott dossier →

• In-person town halls and direct constituent engagement 301 days silent
  Expected position: As a freshman congressman who campaigned on engaging directly with voters through 'door knocking and town hall meetings,' Knott would be expected to hold regular in-person town halls where constituents can ask unscripted questions. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: Knott held mobile office hours in Johnston, Franklin, and Harnett counties and conducted telephone town halls where constituents had to pre-register and wait for an automated call. As of September 2025, he had held three such telephone events. When asked about in-person town halls, Knott opted for the controlled telephone format—even as other NC Republicans faced protestors at in-person events—raising concerns among constituents about accessibility and transparency. Primary URL: https://www.wunc.org/politics/2025-09-19/telephone-town-hall-nc-congressman-brad-knott-guns-immigration-health
• Mass firings of federal workers by DOGE and their impact on veterans and VA healthcare in NC-13 45 days silent
  Expected position: As the representative of a district with approximately 50,000 veterans who rely on the Durham and Fayetteville VA Medical Centers, Knott would be expected to publicly address the Trump administration's mass firings of over 6,000 veteran federal workers and 2,500+ VA employees, and their impact on veteran healthcare access in his district. Evidence of activity on adjacent topics: During this period, Knott was actively posting on social media about immigration enforcement, holding mobile office hours, and issuing statements on border security and law enforcement. However, a constituent veteran advocate reported in the Cardinal & Pine on March 25, 2025 that he had called and emailed Knott's office repeatedly for weeks about the VA layoffs and received no response—not even a courtesy reply. Knott issued no public statement addressing the Durham and Fayetteville VA firings specifically. Primary URL: https://cardinalpine.com/opinion/op-ed-nc-13s-veterans-deserve-answers-from-congressman-brad-knott/
• law & lobbying firms
  Interested donors: Honeywell International PAC, Federal Bipartisan Voluntary Public Affairs Committee Of The, American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC
  Honeywell International PAC, Federal Bipartisan Voluntary Public Affairs Committee Of The, American Israel Public Affairs Committee PAC (amounts: $6,000 (2026), $11,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: law & lobbying firms
• other / unclassified
  Interested donors: Kelley Drye & Warren PAC, American Revival PAC
  Kelley Drye & Warren PAC, American Revival PAC (amounts: $8,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: other / unclassified
• colleagues' leadership pacs
  Interested donors: Raptor PAC, Conservative Opportunity Leadership & Enterprise PAC - Colepac, Majority Committee PAC-Mc PAC, Eye Of The Tiger PAC, First In Freedom PAC, Innovation PAC, Mr. Southern Missourian In The House PAC, Together Holding Our Majority PAC, Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans (Emmer PAC), In The Arena PAC, Buckeye Liberty PAC, Building Up Democracy'S Dream, Duty Honor Victory PAC, Guarding Our Lasting Democracy, Thin Blue Line PAC, America'S Mountain PAC
  Raptor PAC, Conservative Opportunity Leadership & Enterprise PAC - Colepac, Majority Committee PAC-Mc PAC, Eye Of The Tiger PAC, First In Freedom PAC, Innovation PAC, Mr. Southern Missourian In The House PAC, Together Holding Our Majority PAC, Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans (Emmer PAC), In The Arena PAC, Buckeye Liberty PAC, Building Up Democracy'S Dream, Duty Honor Victory PAC, Guarding Our Lasting Democracy, Thin Blue Line PAC, America'S Mountain PAC (amounts: $6,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2024), $10,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $15,000 (2024), $7,500 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $5,000 (2026), $8,500 (2026)) — interest area: colleagues' leadership pacs
• other candidates' committees
  Interested donors: Huck PAC, George Holding For Congress Inc., Ted Budd For Senate, Vitoria PAC
  Huck PAC, George Holding For Congress Inc., Ted Budd For Senate, Vitoria PAC (amounts: $5,000 (2024), $6,000 (2024), $6,000 (2024), $5,000 (2026)) — interest area: other candidates' committees

No platform-contradicting votes among 668 votes on file. 1 aligned, 7 related.

No documented broken promises on file.

• platform_vs_vote SCORE 90
  Knott signed a 'No New Taxes' pledge, yet voted for the OBBB which independent analysts projected would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit — effectively passing the cost to future taxpayers — while celebrating the bill as preventing 'draconian tax increases.'
• statement_vs_disclosure SCORE 60
  Knott touted infrastructure investment as a top priority and sits on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, yet voted for the OBBB which repealed clean energy tax credits that supported infrastructure modernization for 89,000 North Carolina households — prioritizing tax cuts over the infrastructure investments he publicly championed.
• platform_vs_vote SCORE 60
  Knott ran as a detail-oriented former prosecutor focused on public safety, yet voted against low-cost, evidence-based bills to improve battery safety and cleaner industrial materials that would reduce fires and pollution — outcomes that directly enhance community safety.