2026 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

November 3, 2026
All 14 North Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party Republican Democratic Last election 10 4

The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the State of North Carolina, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

District 1

See also: North Carolina's 1st congressional district

The 1st district includes all of Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Vance, Warren, Wayne, Washington, and Wilson counties, as well as a small portion of eastern Granville County. The incumbent is Democrat Don Davis, who was re-elected with 49.5% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

Potential

• Don Davis, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Don Davis (D)	$327,828	$70,227	$528,443
Source: Federal Election Commission[2]

Republican primary

Declared

• Sandy Roberson, mayor of Rocky Mount (2019–present) and candidate for this district in 2022[3]

Endorsements

Sandy Roberson

Individuals

• Laurie Buckhout, consulting firm owner, retired colonel, and nominee for this district in 2024[3]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Sandy Roberson (R)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[2]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Tossup	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Tossup	March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean D	April 10, 2025

District 2

See also: North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district encompasses portions of central Wake County.The incumbent is Democrat Deborah Ross, who was re-elected with 66.3% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

Potential

• Deborah Ross, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Deborah Ross (D)	$298,162	$134,656	$901,017
Source: Federal Election Commission[6]

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

• Gene Douglass, professor and candidate for this district in 2024[7]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Gene Douglass (R)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[8]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid D	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid D	March 7, 2025

District 3

See also: North Carolina's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district includes all of Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, and Pitt counties, as well as most of Sampson County. The incumbent is Republican Greg Murphy, who was re-elected with 77.4% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Potential

• Greg Murphy, incumbent U.S. representative

Filed paperwork

• Austin Ayers[9]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Greg Murphy (R)	$228,164	$129,828	$1,681,798
Source: Federal Election Commission[10]

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

• George Papastrat[11]
• Chris Schulte, professor[12]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Chris Schulte (D)	$20,934.25	$14,483.55	$6,450.70
Source: Federal Election Commission[13]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 4

See also: North Carolina's 4th congressional district

The 4th district includes all of Durham and Orange counties, as well as portions of northern Chatham and eastern Wake counties. The incumbent is Democrat Valerie Foushee, who was re-elected with 71.9% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

Potential

• Valerie Foushee, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Valerie Foushee (D)	$69,253	$69,255	$85,693
Source: Federal Election Commission[14]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid D	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid D	March 7, 2025

District 5

See also: North Carolina's 5th congressional district

The 5th district includes all of Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, and Wilkes counties, as well as portions of Guilford County. The incumbent is Republican Virginia Foxx, who was re-elected with 59.5% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Declared

• Virginia Foxx, incumbent U.S. representative[15]

Endorsements

Virginia Foxx

Organizations

• Maggie's List[16]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Virginia Foxx (R)	$69,253	$69,255	$85,693
Source: Federal Election Commission[17]

Democratic primary

Declared

• Chuck Hubbard, retired newspaper reporter and nominee for this district in 2024[18]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Chuck Hubbard (D)	$0.08	$6,140.00	$1,256.09
Source: Federal Election Commission[17]

Independents

Declared

• David Clayton[19]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
David Clayton (I)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[17]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 6

See also: North Carolina's 6th congressional district

The 6th district includes all of Davidson, Davie, and Rowan counties, as well as portions of northwestern Cabarrus County, western Forsyth County, and southwestern Guilford County. The incumbent is Republican Addison McDowell, who was elected with 69.2% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Potential

• Addison McDowell, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Addison McDowell (R)	$194,176	$98,514	$102,984
Source: Federal Election Commission[20]

Independents

Filed paperwork

• Joshua Hager[21]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Joshua Hager (I)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[22]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 7

See also: North Carolina's 7th congressional district

The 7th district includes all of Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, and Pender counties, as well as most of Cumberland County, and portions of eastern Robeson County and northwestern Sampson County. The incumbent is Republican David Rouzer, who was re-elected with 58.6% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Potential

• David Rouzer, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
David Rouzer (R)	$226,913	$174,123	$1,488,315
Source: Federal Election Commission[23]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 8

See also: North Carolina's 8th congressional district

The 8th district includes all of Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly, and Union counties, as well as most of Cabarrus County, portions of southern Mecklenburg County, and most of Robeson County. The incumbent is Republican Mark Harris, who was elected with 59.6% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Potential

• Mark Harris, incumbent U.S. representative

Filed paperwork

• Brianna Prince[24]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Mark Harris (R)	$92,315	$45,656	$154,192
Source: Federal Election Commission[25]

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

• Justin Bunting, author[26]
• Kevin Clark[27]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Justin Bunting (D)	$0	$0	$0
Kevin Clark (D)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[28]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 9

See also: North Carolina's 9th congressional district

The 9th district includes all of Alamance, Hoke, Moore, and Randolph counties, as well as most of Chatham and Guilford counties, and portions of northwestern Cumberland County. The incumbent is Republican Richard Hudson, who was re-elected with 56.3% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Potential

• Richard Hudson, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Richard Hudson (R)	$666,981	$202,283	$1,096,432
Source: Federal Election Commission[29]

Democratic primary

Declared

• Richard Ojeda, former West Virginia state senator (2017–2019), nominee for West Virginia's 3rd congressional district in 2018, candidate for president in 2020, and candidate for U.S. Senate in West Virginia in 2020[30]

Filed paperwork

• Nigel Bristow, law enforcement officer and nominee for this district in 2024[31]
• Lent C. Carr II, Ph.D, Chancellor, and Professor (Political Science) at ECEI University 9th Congressional District Democrat Nominee for the 2026 Midterm Election. Lent Christopher Carr, II, is also Law and Policy Researcher at E-CIA United States Bureau. Lent Carr is a Lifelong Democrat, and National President of the National Congressional Voting Caucus for Human Rights. Lent retired as a five Star General US Navy Seal 6 on December 2024. Lent Christopher Carr is CEO of Emmaus Corp. Embassy Enterprise Group, LLC of North Carolina.[32]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Richard Ojeda (D)	$337,191	$73,210	$263,981
Nigel Bristow (D)	$0	$0	$0
Lent Carr II (D)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[29]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 10

See also: North Carolina's 10th congressional district

The 10th district includes all of Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, and Yadkin counties, as well as most of Forsyth County. The incumbent is Republican Pat Harrigan, who was elected with 57.5% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Potential

• Pat Harrigan, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Pat Harrigan (R)	$146,002	$71,918	$126,926
Source: Federal Election Commission[33]

Democratic primary

Declared

• Ashley Bell, physician associate[34]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Ashley Bell (D)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[35]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 11

See also: North Carolina's 11th congressional district

The 11th district includes all of Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties, as well as portions of Polk County. The incumbent is Republican Chuck Edwards, who was re-elected with 56.8% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Potential

• Chuck Edwards, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Chuck Edwards (R)	$43,056	$37,759	$114,061
Source: Federal Election Commission[36]

Democratic primary

Declared

• Marcus Blankenship, teacher[37]
• Zelda Briarwood, field services technician[37]
• Moe Davis, podcaster and nominee for this district in 2020[38]
• Chris Harjes, real estate investor[39]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Moe Davis (D)	$0	$0	$0
Chris Harjes (D)	$0	$0	$0
Zelda Briarwood (D)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[36]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 12

See also: North Carolina's 12th congressional district

The 12th district includes portions of central Mecklenburg County. The incumbent is Democrat Alma Adams, who was re-elected with 74.0% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

Potential

• Alma Adams, incumbent U.S. representative

Filed paperwork

• Emily McCarthy[40]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Alma Adams (D)	$18,451	$181,418	$410,442
Source: Federal Election Commission[41]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid D	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid D	March 7, 2025

District 13

See also: North Carolina's 13th congressional district

The 13th district includes all of Caswell, Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, and Person counties, as well as most of Granville County and portions of Wake County. The incumbent is Republican Brad Knott, who flipped the district and was elected with 58.6% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Potential

• Brad Knott, incumbent U.S. representative

Filed paperwork

• Josh McConkey, physician and candidate for this district in 2024[42]
• Siddanth Sharma, accountant and candidate for this district in 2024[43]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Brad Knott (R)	$120,293	$41,610	$95,943
Josh McConkey (R)	$0	$0	$0
Sid Sharma (R)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[44]

Democratic primary

Declared

• Paul Barringer, attorney and healthcare consultant[45]

Filed paperwork

• Frank Pierce, landscaping business owner and nominee for this district in 2024[46]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Frank Pierce (D)	$0	$0	$0
Paul Barringer (D)	$0	$0	$0
Source: Federal Election Commission[47]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

District 14

See also: North Carolina's 14th congressional district

The 14th district includes all of Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, and Rutherford counties, as well as portions of Mecklenburg and Polk counties. The incumbent is Republican Tim Moore, who flipped the district and was elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Reublican primary

Potential

• Tim Moore, incumbent U.S. representative

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Tim Moore (R)	$319,691	$72,756	$1,170,502
Source: Federal Election Commission[48]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[4]	Solid R	February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[5]	Solid R	March 7, 2025

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External links

Official campaign websites for 10th district candidates

• Ashley Bell (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 11th district candidates

• Zelda Briarwood (D) for Congress
• Moe Davis (D) for Congress
• Chris Harjes (D) for Congress