Oppose all attempts to federalize elections.

Addison P. McDowell · North Carolina · Republican

oversight impact 0.74 specificity 0.78 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

I will oppose all attempts to federalize elections.

Commits to resisting federal takeover of election administration.

ISSUES — McDowell for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2026 ... Mrs. Bice (for herself, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and Mr. Mills) introduced the following bill ... A BILL To convert the program of public financing of presidential election campaigns to a program of providing grants to States for enhancing the security of election systems, and for other purposes.

McDowell cosponsored a bill that shifts election-related federal funding toward state election-system security rather than federal administration, which is directionally consistent with resisting federal takeover of elections but does not directly document a broad anti-federalization pledge.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.7418 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): STEADFAST Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 76%

H.R. 7418, the STEADFAST Act, was introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to committee; the bill text reflects a state-focused election-security grant approach rather than a completed federal-election rollback.

This is a serious same-term legislative attempt aligned with resisting federal control over elections, but it is only introduced/referred and does not prove delivery of the broader promise.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.7418 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): STEADFAST Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 77%

As of the current homepage snapshot, the official House site's latest-news section shows the newest visible press release dated May 29, 2026, with the other visible items dated March 18, 2026 and March 12, 2026; no June 24-26, 2026 election-federalization action is visible on the homepage.

Current official-site evidence does not show a delivered or reversed election-federalization action in the lookback window, so the promise remains unresolved on the latest visible official page.

unresolved same_term

Congressman Addison McDowell | Representing North Carolina's 6th District
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 66%

Assessments

never same_term A for effort

McDowell made a same-term legislative effort aligned with the promise by cosponsoring and advancing H.R. 7418, which shifts election-related funding toward state election-system security rather than federal control. But there is no evidence of enacted or otherwise completed action that actually stopped federalization of elections, and the official site snapshot does not show a delivered result. This is therefore a serious but unsuccessful attempt, not fulfillment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 84%

never same_term A for effort

McDowell made a same-term legislative effort by cosponsoring H.R. 7418, the STEADFAST Act, introduced February 9, 2026, which would redirect presidential public financing funds into state election-security grants and includes state-focused election conditions. That is directionally aligned with opposing federal election control, but the bill has only been introduced and referred to committees; it has not passed or produced the promised outcome of stopping or reversing attempts to federalize elections. Because this is a serious but unsuccessful legislative attempt, the promise is not delivered, with effort credit.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%