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North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primary)

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North Carolina's 6th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
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General election
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
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026
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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
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 6th 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

Note: The following list of candidates is unofficial. The filing deadline for this election has passed, and Ballotpedia is working to update this page with the official candidate list. This note will be removed once the official candidate list has been added.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6

Beau Blair, Keith Davenport, Tavin Felton-Stackhouse, Cyril Jefferson, and Alysa Kassay are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 6 on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Beau Blair
Beau Blair
Image of Keith Davenport
Keith Davenport Candidate Connection
Image of Tavin Felton-Stackhouse
Tavin Felton-Stackhouse
Image of Cyril Jefferson
Cyril Jefferson Candidate Connection
Image of Alysa Kassay
Alysa Kassay

There are no incumbents in this race.

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Candidate profiles

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Keith Davenport

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

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."

Key Messages

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

The most important message would be, it's important to do the right thing for the right reasons. It's easy to do what you perceive to be right but it's only right when the cameras are on and everyone is watching. But, it's an altogether different and most meaningful thing, to do the right thing, when nobody is watching... just for the sake of doing the right thing.

You won't find a more committed public servant than me.

For me, it's not about money or power or position. It's about service. To me, that means giving of yourself for a season... offering your ideas... working to make our community and our nation better than when I arrived. Public service is only supposed to be a temp job... not a career, but an opportunity to serve.

Cyril Jefferson

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

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.”"

Key Messages

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

Cyril Jefferson is running for Congress to deliver real results—not rhetoric—for North Carolina’s Sixth District.

His approach is simple: put people first, build strong partnerships, and focus on solutions that work.

Cyril is a husband, a father, a man of faith, and is guided by a calling to serve.

Voting information

See also: Voting in North Carolina

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Beau Blair Democratic Party $4,771 $2,823 $2,331 As of September 30, 2025
Keith Davenport Democratic Party $8,206 $870 $7,105 As of September 30, 2025
Tavin Felton-Stackhouse Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 As of September 30, 2025
Cyril Jefferson Democratic Party $104,448 $84,283 $20,164 As of September 30, 2025
Alysa Kassay Democratic 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.

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 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.

2024 presidential results in North Carolina's 6th Congressional District
Kamala Harris Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
42.7% 54.9%

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
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Josh Stein
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Rachel Hunt
Secretary of State Democratic Party Elaine Marshall
Attorney General Democratic 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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