North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primary)
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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. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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A Democratic Party primary takes place on March 3, 2026, in North Carolina's 6th 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 |
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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 6th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)
- North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2026
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6
Beau Blair, Keith Davenport, Cyril Jefferson, and Alysa Kassay are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6 on March 3, 2026.
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Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Submitted Biography: "My name is Beau Blair, and I’m proud to call Salisbury, North Carolina home. After spending a few years in Raleigh, my wife and I chose to move back to raise our two children in the community that raised me. My wife is a naturalized citizen, and during the 2024 election, we watched the rise of harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric and division that made us take a hard look at the future we were building for our family. We had a choice leave the country to keep our family safe or stand up and fight back. We chose to stay and fight for the country we believe in. That decision is what led me to run for Congress. As we started this campaign, I realized our story isn’t unique. Families across our district and across the country, feel like they’ve been left behind while Washington looks out for party and special interest groups instead of everyday people. I’ve never held public office and I’m not a career politician, but I think that’s exactly what is needed right now. I’ve spent more than twenty five years working in hospitality and the service industry as a bartender, server, and behind the scenes in hotels working for guests. I know what it means to work twelve to fourteen hour shifts, live paycheck to paycheck, and still show up every day for your family and the people you are meant to serve. That experience taught me how to listen, solve problems, and serve the people first. Like so many parents, my wife and I worry whether our kids will have the same opportunities we did and if we do"
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Submitted Biography: "I am an Air Force veteran with over 50 years of public service. I am a former police officer, former city council member and former mayor. The best way to describe me would be simply... "you won't find a more committed public servant than me". I guess you could say I got my calling into public service at the age of 8. Of course, I didn't know it then. Living in Washington DC in those days (early 60's) one of the perks was taking field trips to government buildings. One of those buildings, for me, was the White House. I'll never forget being taken from room to room and the usher describing the history of that ornate mansion. As we were walking down the main hallway, I remember the thick red ropes on either side of the hallway. On the far end were two young children watching us, watch them. We met John John and Caroline Kennedy. At the age of about 8, I was introduced to politics in a different way."
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Submitted Biography: "Cyril Jefferson is a husband, father, and award-winning social innovator whose life has been dedicated to impacting others, creating opportunities, and mobilizing resources for social change. As Founder & Principal at Change Often - Social Innovation Firm, Cyril leads the company’s Innovation BrainTrust in solving social and economic challenges through collaborative solutions and comprehensive capacity building services. Working in spaces where the bottom line prioritizes “lives saved over dollars made,” the Change Often team helps bring to life the ideas that impact our world for the good and has partnered to invest more than $22M in impact initiatives for small business support, poverty alleviation, and education. Though he has received numerous honors—including a National Distinguished Service Award and being named to a Hunt State Policy Fellowship—the greatest to date came when voters in the 2023 High Point City Elections made him the youngest person to ever be elected Mayor of High Point, North Carolina. Mayor Jefferson is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University. Living the words of Winston Churchill, he and his wife, Raven, teach their two sons that “To improve is to change. To perfect is to change often.”"
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Submitted Biography: "I am a lifelong public servant, a federal civilian supervisor, now turned candidate for US Congress because I’ve seen and very up close how decisions made in Washington affect real people back home. I spent decades in federal service helping people and promising to uphold the oath I took. I didn’t just read federal policy, I enforced it, trained employees on it, and took the proper actions when it was done well or done poorly. That experience shaped how I see government: not as politics, but as responsibility. I made the difficult decision to step away from my federal career because I could no longer stay silent while executive actions and partisan games were harming working families, veterans, women, and vulnerable communities. I didn’t just watch it happen, I literally lived it. And I realized the best way to protect those being harmed by this current administration was not sitting in a chair in the back of my desk in an office. If I wanted to right a wrong, I had to run. I’m not a career politician. I’m a manager, an active listener, a problem-solver, and someone who believes government should work practically, lawfully, and with empathy. I’m running to tell this administration we’ve had enough. I will bring experience, steadiness, and accountability back to Congress and to make sure the voices of everyday people in our district are heard long after the election is over."
Voting information
- See also: Voting in North Carolina
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Beau Blair | Democratic Party | $21,168 | $16,000 | $5,551 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Keith Davenport | Democratic Party | $11,616 | $1,185 | $10,200 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Cyril Jefferson | Democratic Party | $131,015 | $123,126 | $7,890 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Alysa Kassay | Democratic Party | $22,076 | $27,386 | $-8,157 | As of December 31, 2025 |
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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." |
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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.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in North Carolina.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in North Carolina in 2026. Information below was calculated on December 19, 2025., and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Sixty-seven candidates — 40 Democrats and 27 Republicans — ran for North Carolina’s 14 U.S. House districts. That’s 4.8 candidates per district. There were 4.6 candidates per district in 2024 and 7.14 in 2022. In 2020, when the state had 13 U.S. House districts, there were 4.9 candidates per district. There were 4.3 candidates in 2018, 5.7 in 2016, and 4.6 in 2014.
These were the first elections to take place since the General Assembly of North Carolina passed a new congressional map. The North Carolina Senate passed it on Oct. 21, 2025, and the North Carolina House of Representatives passed it Oct. 22, 2025.
No districts were open in 2026, meaning all incumbents — four Democrats and 10 Republicans — ran for re-election. The only other year since 2014 with no open districts was 2018.
Nineteen primaries — 11 Democratic and eight Republican — were contested in 2026. In total, there were 13 contested primaries in 2024, 22 in 2022, 13 in 2020, 17 in 2018, 16 in 2016, and 17 in 2014.
Eight candidates — six Democrats and two Republicans — ran for the 10th district, the most candidates who ran for a district in 2026.
Eight incumbents — two Democrats and six Republicans — faced a primary challenger in 2026. There were four incumbents in a contested primary in 2024, seven in 2022, three in 2020, eight in 2018, nine in 2016, and six in 2014.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 14 districts, meaning no districts were guaranteed to either party.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 6th the 146th 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.
Kamala Harris  | Donald Trump  |
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| 42.7% | 54.9% |
Presidential voting history
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 |
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| 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 |
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 | |||
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| 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.
| Office | Officeholder |
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| Governor | Josh Stein |
| Lieutenant Governor | Rachel Hunt |
| Secretary of State | Elaine Marshall |
| Attorney General | Jeff Jackson |
State legislature
North Carolina State Senate
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
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| Democratic Party | 20 | |
| Republican Party | 30 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | |
North Carolina House of Representatives
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
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| 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
- North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)
- North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2026
- United States House elections in North Carolina, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in North Carolina, 2026 (March 3 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026
External links
Footnotes
