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North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2026
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North Carolina's 13th Congressional District |
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General election |
Election details |
Filing deadline: December 19, 2025 |
Primary: March 3, 2026 Primary runoff: Pending General: November 3, 2026 |
How to vote |
Poll times:
6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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See also |
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All U.S. House districts, including the 13th Congressional District of North Carolina, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.
Candidates and election results
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General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
Incumbent Brad Knott, Paul Barringer, and Sid Sharma are running in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on November 3, 2026.
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Brad Knott (R) | ||
![]() | Paul Barringer (D) | |
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Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "My name is Sid Sharma. I'm an Accountant. I was born and raised in NC and lived in District 13 my entire life, no matter how many times the legislature changed the maps."
Voting information
- See also: Voting in North Carolina
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Survey responses from candidates in this race
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Sid Sharma (R)
As an Accountant there is nobody else you would want in office other than me to help :
1.) Lower Personal Taxes 2.) Lower Business Taxes 3.) Lower Gas Prices 4.) De-Regulate 5.) Cut Costs 6.) Cut Wasteful Spending
Strong Border/Deporting Illegals
1.) I will file a TRADE WAR with Mexico on Day One. For every illegal alien that comes in Mexico will have to pay a VERY HIGH Tariff, Sanctions, etc. Remember, Mexico allows all this to happen.
2.) I will file a bill to have ICE and the other branches of the Federal Government invade Sanctuary Cities and start kicking out all the Illegal Aliens that live there - and to enforce MASS DEPORTATIONS of ILLEGAL Aliens.
Helping Veterans.
1.) Ending Homelessness for Veterans. I plan to appropriate funds out of the EPA, IRS, Dept. of Educ. and other useless agencies and give those funds to get housing for Homeless Veterans.
2.) Getting rid of the horrible waiting times at the VA. Congress can seize this power from the VA Secretary and enforce it jointly.
3.) Getting Better GI Bills for Veterans
4.) Getting Veterans jobs when they transition to society. This will be done by giving tax breaks to companies who have a certain amount of Veterans on payroll.

Sid Sharma (R)

Sid Sharma (R)
The reason being is that if you try to follow someone else's path you will never know your own.
Plus, to follow someone else's path doesn't breed originality. You can always admire what others did but you must always follow your own path.
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Sid Sharma (R)

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Ending homelessness for Veterans
Bringing Prayers Back To School.
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Sid Sharma (R)
Term limits for a Congressman/woman don't even make sense because they need the concurrence of a majority to advance and then 60 votes in the Senate - what I'm getting at is they cannot do the job alone. Term limits for a President makes sense because he is one individual who has the final say to either sign a bill or veto it. It is not the politician that one is afraid of but the gerrymandered district. If Nancy Pelosi were to retire she would get replaced by a mini version of herself. Coming to NC we had a guy named David Price and he was in office for 30+ years. When he retired he was replaced by someone far worse than him : Valerie Foushee.

Sid Sharma (R)

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• House Budget Committee
•House Veteran Affairs Committee
•House Subcommittee on Border Security
•House Ethics Committee
•House Judiciary Committee
•House Rules Committee
Sid Sharma (R)
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Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Brad Knott | Republican Party | $579,691 | $277,104 | $319,847 | As of September 30, 2025 |
Paul Barringer | Democratic Party | $411,380 | $91,587 | $319,793 | As of September 30, 2025 |
Sid Sharma | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
General election race ratings
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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Race ratings: North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2026 | |||||||||
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The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Pending | Pending | Pending | Pending | |||||
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | |||||
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. |
Ballot access
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District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.
2024
See also: North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
Brad Knott defeated Frank Pierce in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Brad Knott (R) | 58.6 | 243,655 | |
![]() | Frank Pierce (D) ![]() | 41.4 | 171,835 |
Total votes: 415,490 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Josh Anderson (Independent)
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
Brad Knott defeated Kelly Daughtry (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on May 14, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Brad Knott | 90.8 | 19,632 | |
Kelly Daughtry (Unofficially withdrew) | 9.2 | 1,998 |
Total votes: 21,630 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Frank Pierce advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wiley Nickel (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Kelly Daughtry | 27.4 | 22,978 | |
✔ | Brad Knott | 18.7 | 15,664 | |
![]() | Fred Von Canon | 17.1 | 14,344 | |
DeVan Barbour IV | 15.4 | 12,892 | ||
Josh McConkey ![]() | 7.1 | 5,926 | ||
![]() | Kenny Xu ![]() | 4.3 | 3,604 | |
![]() | David Dixon ![]() | 2.6 | 2,146 | |
![]() | Matt Shoemaker ![]() | 2.4 | 2,003 | |
![]() | Chris Baker ![]() | 1.3 | 1,089 | |
![]() | Eric Stevenson | 1.0 | 844 | |
![]() | Marcus Dellinger ![]() | 1.0 | 798 | |
![]() | Sid Sharma ![]() | 0.7 | 614 | |
James Phillips | 0.7 | 565 | ||
![]() | Steve Von Loor | 0.5 | 427 |
Total votes: 83,894 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erin Paré (R)
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
Wiley Nickel defeated Bo Hines in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Wiley Nickel (D) | 51.6 | 143,090 |
Bo Hines (R) ![]() | 48.4 | 134,256 |
Total votes: 277,346 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Calvin Thomas (Independent)
- Steve Holland (Independent)
- Jacques Youngblood (Independent)
- Scott Blake (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
Wiley Nickel defeated Sam Searcy, Jamie Campbell Bowles, Nathan Click, and Denton Lee in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Wiley Nickel | 51.6 | 23,155 |
![]() | Sam Searcy | 22.9 | 10,284 | |
![]() | Jamie Campbell Bowles ![]() | 9.4 | 4,217 | |
![]() | Nathan Click ![]() | 8.6 | 3,866 | |
![]() | Denton Lee ![]() | 7.4 | 3,311 |
Total votes: 44,833 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Josh Remillard (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Bo Hines ![]() | 32.1 | 17,602 | |
DeVan Barbour IV ![]() | 22.6 | 12,426 | ||
Kelly Daughtry | 16.9 | 9,300 | ||
Kent Keirsey | 11.3 | 6,223 | ||
![]() | Renee Ellmers | 9.4 | 5,176 | |
Chad Slotta ![]() | 5.6 | 3,074 | ||
![]() | Jessica Morel ![]() | 1.3 | 738 | |
![]() | Kevin Alan Wolff ![]() | 0.6 | 344 |
Total votes: 54,883 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bill Brewster (R)
- Karen Bentley (R)
- Grayson Haff (R)
- John Aneralla (R)
2020
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
Incumbent Ted Budd defeated Scott Huffman in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Ted Budd (R) | 68.2 | 267,181 | |
![]() | Scott Huffman (D) | 31.8 | 124,684 |
Total votes: 391,865 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Scott Huffman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ted Budd advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13.
District analysis
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018