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Former Representative for North Carolina’s 13th District, 2023–2025

Wiley Nickel

Democrat 1st term Former member

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 5, 2026 · How we measure

92LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
22BipartMed 16
71BreaksMed 12
In office
House 2023–2025
2 years in Congress

Left office. Nickel left the House on Jan 3, 2025, when the term ended. No successor is linked: North Carolina drew new House lines for 2024, so the district isn’t the seat Nickel held.

Bottom line

Activity

118th CongressJan 3, 2023 to Jan 3, 2025Method
By week
Statements
tracked from Jan 2025
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1204821,23571

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What did he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Commerce no statements 8%
Government Operations and Politics no statements 17%
Taxation no statements 17%

StatementsBills

No counted statements yet; bills go to Government Operations and Politics and Taxation.

  • 12 bills sponsored, most on Government Operations and Politics.
  • Statements: our record starts in January 2025.
2

Did he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →

Committee seats are shown for sitting members only.

Committee and party posts are shown for sitting members only.

  • 2 years in Congress.
5

Who did he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

37% · peer median 18%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Nickel.

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Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, in that Congress · Voteview

37% of his cosponsorships went to Republican bills (peer median 18%); closest in his party: Ryan and Soto.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Could he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 10 · expected 16
Action in committee 2 · expected 7
Beyond committee 0 · expected 1
Passed House 0 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 418 of 445 in the House

0.12expected 0.32 · average member 1.00

0 of 10 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.12 against a peer median of 0.32.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

118th Congress · bills from congress.gov

4

Where did he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.24
Immigration9 of 22
Armed Forces & National Security12 of 66
Transportation and Public Works3 of 18
Government Operations and Politics5 of 41

With his party on the other 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 8 of the 9 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Voted with Democrats on 92% of party-line votes, broke 71 times (peer median 14), most on Immigration.

  • Position: −0.24, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 12 of 66, Immigration 9 of 22, Crime and Law Enforcement 8 of 25.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backed him?

MethodMoney tab →

The money record for a former member is on the Money tab.

7

Did his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.