Sen. Janet Cowell missed 158 votes this session.

The Raleigh Democrat, who is running for her party's nomination for state treasurer, missed about 13 percent of the votes, according to a survey by the Greensboro News & Record.

She missed a procedural vote on a bill that would affect the treasurer.

On Aug. 1, she missed a motion to concur with changes made to a bill that would allow the treasurer to invest money set aside for local government retirement benefits, but she voted for the bill in a previous version and on its final reading.

She also missed two separate votes to increase state fees on banks.

And she missed a few local bills that would affect Wake County, including one she sponsored to allow the town of Cary to issue closing-out sale licenses.

Other votes were minor, such as this resolution honoring Earl Scruggs, or this one, creating a special motorcycle license plate for the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Correction: An earlier version of the post misstated the percentage.  

The Senate recognized country icons Earl Scruggs and Don Gibson today.

The resolution was intended to boost a plan by Destination Cleveland County to start a Southern Music Heritage Museum honoring the two musicians.

But it also gave fans in the Senate a chance to talk about their heroes.

Sen. Charles Albertson, a professional country music singer, recalled rushing home from church to hear Scruggs on WPTF. Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand noted that "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" was his fraternity's theme song.

And Sen. Stan Bingham recalled playing a Flatt and Scruggs' bluegrass song, "Hot Corn, Cold Corn," to admiring Australians. He even quoted a few lines:

Here comes a preacher,
and the children are a crying.
The chickens are a hollering,
and the toenails are a flying.