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North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2026

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2024
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.
Voting in North Carolina

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
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North Carolina elections, 2026
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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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Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

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.

Candidate
Image of Brad Knott
Brad Knott (R)
Image of Paul Barringer
Paul Barringer (D)
Image of Sid Sharma
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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."


Key Messages

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Less Taxes. 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. 5.) Letting Veterans see a doctor of their choice and get private insurance, if needed.

Voting information

See also: Voting in North Carolina

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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Less Taxes.

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.

5.) Letting Veterans see a doctor of their choice and get private insurance, if needed.
In terms of Politics : myself.

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.
I'm an Accountant. I save people money on their taxes and I can do the same in Congress. Speaking bluntly is another quality.
Wisely using the peoples tax dollars. Saving people's taxes.
Balancing the budget.

Ending homelessness for Veterans

Bringing Prayers Back To School.
Saddam Hussein being captured. I was too young to remember what was going on but I remember my parents approving of the matter and me trying to change the tv channel so I could play The Legend of Zelda : The Wind Waker.
Accounting. Had it since I was 9 and still there to this day.
Ulysses by James Joyce. The reason being its the definition of creativity and human nature. If its an ongoing story then Naruto and One Piece. The reason being is that both of these comics go in-depth of human nature, it also deals with bettering one's self and to achieve your dreams despite all the odds.
Preacher Man by ye (f.k.a Kanye West).
Term Limits are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Check out U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995); Cook v. Gralike, 531 U.S. 510 (2001). Democrats in those states tried to add additional qualifications for their representatives in Congress to which the U.S. Supreme Court found Unconstitutional.

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.


U.S. House of Representatives get elected every 2 years and if you need term limits for that then you must be a sore loser - politicians don't just win automatically.
•House Ways and Means Committee

• House Budget Committee

•House Veteran Affairs Committee

•House Subcommittee on Border Security

•House Ethics Committee

•House Judiciary Committee

•House Rules Committee
Financial transparency is a must, because if the people cannot see what we are doing with their tax dollars, how can there be any trust? Government accountability is also a must - DOGE cuts are a good start.


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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
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."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

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  • 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
Race trackerRace ratings
10/21/202510/14/202510/7/20259/30/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillPendingPendingPendingPending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe 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
Image of Brad Knott
Brad Knott (R)
 
58.6
 
243,655
Image of Frank Pierce
Frank Pierce (D) Candidate Connection
 
41.4
 
171,835

Total votes: 415,490
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Brad Knott
Brad Knott
 
90.8
 
19,632
Image of Kelly Daughtry
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

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
Image of Kelly Daughtry
Kelly Daughtry
 
27.4
 
22,978
Image of Brad Knott
Brad Knott
 
18.7
 
15,664
Image of Fred Von Canon
Fred Von Canon
 
17.1
 
14,344
Image of DeVan Barbour IV
DeVan Barbour IV
 
15.4
 
12,892
Image of Josh McConkey
Josh McConkey Candidate Connection
 
7.1
 
5,926
Image of Kenny Xu
Kenny Xu Candidate Connection
 
4.3
 
3,604
Image of David Dixon
David Dixon Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
2,146
Image of Matt Shoemaker
Matt Shoemaker Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
2,003
Image of Chris Baker
Chris Baker Candidate Connection
 
1.3
 
1,089
Image of Eric Stevenson
Eric Stevenson
 
1.0
 
844
Image of Marcus Dellinger
Marcus Dellinger Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
798
Image of Sid Sharma
Sid Sharma Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
614
James Phillips
 
0.7
 
565
Image of Steve Von Loor
Steve Von Loor
 
0.5
 
427

Total votes: 83,894
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2022

See also: North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 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
Image of Wiley Nickel
Wiley Nickel (D)
 
51.6
 
143,090
Image of Bo Hines
Bo Hines (R) Candidate Connection
 
48.4
 
134,256

Total votes: 277,346
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Wiley Nickel
Wiley Nickel
 
51.6
 
23,155
Image of Sam Searcy
Sam Searcy
 
22.9
 
10,284
Image of Jamie Campbell Bowles
Jamie Campbell Bowles Candidate Connection
 
9.4
 
4,217
Image of Nathan Click
Nathan Click Candidate Connection
 
8.6
 
3,866
Image of Denton Lee
Denton Lee Candidate Connection
 
7.4
 
3,311

Total votes: 44,833
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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
Image of Bo Hines
Bo Hines Candidate Connection
 
32.1
 
17,602
Image of DeVan Barbour IV
DeVan Barbour IV Candidate Connection
 
22.6
 
12,426
Image of Kelly Daughtry
Kelly Daughtry
 
16.9
 
9,300
Image of Kent Keirsey
Kent Keirsey
 
11.3
 
6,223
Image of Renee Ellmers
Renee Ellmers
 
9.4
 
5,176
Image of Chad Slotta
Chad Slotta Candidate Connection
 
5.6
 
3,074
Image of Jessica Morel
Jessica Morel Candidate Connection
 
1.3
 
738
Image of Kevin Alan Wolff
Kevin Alan Wolff Candidate Connection
 
0.6
 
344

Total votes: 54,883
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 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
Image of Ted Budd
Ted Budd (R)
 
68.2
 
267,181
Image of Scott Huffman
Scott Huffman (D)
 
31.8
 
124,684

Total votes: 391,865
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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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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Footnotes

  1. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  2. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  3. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  4. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018


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