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North Carolina's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primary)

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North Carolina's 5th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: December 19, 2025
Primary: March 3, 2026
Primary runoff: May 12, 2026
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
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
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A Democratic Party primary takes place on March 3, 2026, in North Carolina's 5th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
December 19, 2025
March 3, 2026
November 3, 2026



A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. North Carolina utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Parties decide who may vote in their respective primaries. Voters may choose a primary ballot without impacting their unaffiliated status.[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on North Carolina's 5th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 5

Kyah Creekmore and Chuck Hubbard are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 5 on March 3, 2026.

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Chuck Hubbard

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Kyah Creekmore

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I’m a 24-year-old Gen Z American, born in Florida and raised in North Carolina. My story began in hardship: I’m the child of a 15-year-old mother who chose courage over pressure to end her pregnancy. We grew up poor, moving from home to home and school to school. 9 schools in total before I graduated from West Mecklenburg High. Those experiences taught me resilience, adaptability, and empathy for families who live on the edge. After high school, I attended North Carolina A&T for Industrial & Systems Engineering. College showed me I was good at learning, but my passion was people, not production lines. I explored small business, gaming, and content creation, winning $8,000 in a Call of Duty tournament, but also faced mental and financial lows that forced reflection. Through it all, I realized how detached government feels from real life. When I saw leaders like Donald Trump rise through division and privilege, I asked myself: if people like me don’t step up, who will? I’m running because I believe everyday people — not the wealthy and connected — deserve the loudest voice in our democracy. I’d rather fight to build change than sit back and complain about the lack of it."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

Health Care is a Non-Negotiable Human right. People shouldn't be choosing dinner over their doctor. A Grandmother shouldn't debate whether to get a checkup because the medical debt in their family is too stressful. We shouldn't have people rationing pills because Big Pharma needs a couple billion extra dollars to feed their CEO's. Sickness shouldn't have a PROFIT INCENTIVE.

We deserve housing that doesn't cost a lifetime's savings to acquire. We deserve housing that doesn't cost 50% of your paycheck and provides nothing but issues from slumlords. 30% of single family households shouldn't be owned by private equity artificially capping supply to up demand and pricing. The people are fed up and getting desperate.

The workers of America deserve so much more. They deserve a Worker's Constitution. For over 15 years the minimum wage hasn't gone up at all. People get fired, framed, and laid off work at unbelievable clips in every single industry. Every corporation has more power to abuse and manipulate workers, union busting is at an all time high, unionization is at an all time LOW, corporations are raking in record profits all while there's record efficiency, record unemployment, record low jobs numbers. We must begin to put the people first and give workers back their dignity where 1 job can afford a family , where food isn't out of reach, and home's don't cost a fortune.

Voting information

See also: Voting in North Carolina

Election information in North Carolina: March 3, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Feb. 6, 2026
  • By mail: Postmarked by Feb. 6, 2026
  • Online: Feb. 6, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Feb. 17, 2026
  • By mail: Received by Feb. 17, 2026
  • Online: Feb. 17, 2026

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: March 3, 2026
  • By mail: Received by March 3, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

Feb. 12, 2026 to Feb. 28, 2026

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (ET)

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Kyah Creekmore Democratic Party $92 $101 $-9 As of September 30, 2025
Chuck Hubbard Democratic Party $144,253 $144,584 $7,065 As of September 30, 2025

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.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting ahead of the 2026 election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below is the district map used in the 2024 election next to the map in place for the 2026 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it. Error: One or both images not found for the specified years.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2026
Information about competitiveness will be added here as it becomes available.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made North Carolina's 5th the 145th most Republican district nationally.[2]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by The Downballot.

2024 presidential results in North Carolina's 5th Congressional District
Kamala Harris Democratic PartyDonald Trump Republican Party
42.9%55.0%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in North Carolina, 2024

North Carolina presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 18 Democratic wins
  • 14 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party D D D D D D D R D D D D D D D D D R R D R R R R R R R D R R R R
See also: Party control of North Carolina state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of North Carolina's congressional delegation as of October 2025.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from North Carolina
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 4 4
Republican 2 10 12
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 14 16

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in North Carolina's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.

State executive officials in North Carolina, October 2025
OfficeOfficeholder
GovernorDemocratic Party Josh Stein
Lieutenant GovernorDemocratic Party Rachel Hunt
Secretary of StateDemocratic Party Elaine Marshall
Attorney GeneralDemocratic Party Jeff Jackson

State legislature

North Carolina State Senate

Party As of October 2025
     Democratic Party 20
     Republican Party 30
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 50

North Carolina House of Representatives

Party As of October 2025
     Democratic Party 49
     Republican Party 71
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 120

Trifecta control

North Carolina Party Control: 1992-2025
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  Four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D D
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in North Carolina in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in North Carolina, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
North Carolina U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 5% of registered voters in the same party or 200, whichever is greater $1,740 12/19/2025 Source
North Carolina U.S. House Unaffiliated 1.5% of all registered N.C. voters in the district, as of January 1 of the election year. $1,740 12/19/2025 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ North Carolina General Assembly, "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163–119," accessed December 15, 2025
  2. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025


North Carolina's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Ted Budd (R)
Thom Tillis (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
Republican Party (12)
Democratic Party (4)


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