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North Carolina's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

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North Carolina's 7th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: December 15, 2023
Primary: March 5, 2024
Primary runoff: May 14, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
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: Safe Republican
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, 2024
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A Democratic Party primary took place on March 5, 2024, in North Carolina's 7th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Marlando Pridgen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 57.7%-42.3%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 54.9%-43.9%.[2]

North Carolina conducted redistricting between the 2022 and 2024 elections. As a result, district lines in this state changed. To review how redistricting took place in North Carolina and to see maps of the new districts, click here. For a list of all states that drew new district lines between 2022 and 2024, click here.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
December 15, 2023
March 5, 2024
November 5, 2024


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.[3][4]

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

This page focuses on North Carolina's 7th 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

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Marlando Pridgen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7.

Candidate profiles

This section includes candidate profiles that may be created in one of two ways: either the candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, or Ballotpedia staff may compile a profile based on campaign websites, advertisements, and public statements after identifying the candidate as noteworthy. For more on how we select candidates to include, click here.

Marlando Pridgen

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "Marlando D. Pridgen, a fresh face in grassroots advocacy and community leadership, is stepping forward as a candidate for NC Congressional District 7. Born and raised in scenic Southeastern North Carolina, Pridgen’s early life was shaped by the values of hard work, community service, and integrity. His environment shaped his life's mission: to dedicate himself to helping and serving others. As he steps into the political arena, Pridgen brings these foundational principles and a commitment to represent the voices of his community. Pridgen's approach to politics is grounded in listening to the needs of his constituents and advocating for policies that promote economic growth, healthcare accessibility, and environmental sustainability. His campaign emphasizes inclusivity, transparency, and accountability, aiming to bridge the gap between the government and the people. As a congressional candidate, Marlando Pridgen is committed to being a voice for his community, striving to bring about legislative changes that will benefit NC Congressional District 7 and the nation as a whole. His vision is to create a more equitable and prosperous future for all citizens, guided by the principles of justice, fairness, and community collaboration."

Key Messages

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

Dedication to Economic Growth and Job Creation: Marlando Pridgen pledges to prioritize policies that stimulate economic development and job creation within District 7. By fostering a supportive environment for both small businesses and large enterprises, Pridgen aims to ensure that the district becomes a hub for innovation and employment opportunities. His focus on economic revitalization is designed to attract investments, encourage entrepreneurship, and create high-paying jobs for the residents.

Commitment to Healthcare Accessibility: Understanding the critical importance of healthcare, Marlando Pridgen is committed to working towards more accessible and affordable healthcare solutions for all constituents. He believes in the need for a healthcare system that is both comprehensive and compassionate, ensuring that no resident of District 7 is left behind. Pridgen advocates for policies that will lower healthcare costs, expand coverage, and improve the quality of healthcare services, making sure that families can receive the care they need without financial strain.

Champion for Education and Skills Training: Recognizing education as the cornerstone of personal and community development, Marlando Pridgen is dedicated to advancing educational opportunities and skills training programs. He aims to support public education from K-12 to higher education, ensuring that schools are well-funded and teachers are well-supported. Pridgen's vision includes accessible vocational training and continuous education programs that equip the workforce with the skills necessary to thrive in the evolving job market. By investing in education, Pridgen believes District 7 can lay the foundation for a prosperous future.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in North Carolina

Election information in North Carolina: March 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: March 2, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Feb. 9, 2024
  • Online: Feb. 9, 2024

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

N/A

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

  • In-person: Feb. 27, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Feb. 27, 2024
  • Online: Feb. 27, 2024

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

  • In-person: March 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by March 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Feb. 15, 2024 to March 2, 2024

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

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

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


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Marlando Pridgen Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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 2024 election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 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 2022 election next to the map in place for the 2024 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it.

2022

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2024

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in North Carolina.

North Carolina U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices 		Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 14 14 5 64 28 2 11 46.4% 4 44.4%
2022 14 14 4 100 28 9 13 78.6% 7 70.0%
2020 13 13 3 64 26 8 5 50.0% 3 30.0%
2018 13 13 0 56 26 10 7 65.4% 8 61.5%
2016 13 13 1 74 26 6 10 61.5% 9 75.0%
2014 13 13 3 60 26 8 9 65.4% 6 60.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in North Carolina in 2024. Information below was calculated on 1/10/2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.


Sixty-four candidates filed to run for North Carolina’s 14 U.S. House districts in 2024, including 15 Democrats and 49 Republicans. That’s 4.6 candidates per district, less than the 7.14 candidates per district in 2022, the first election after the number of congressional districts in North Carolina increased from 13 to 14.

In 2020, when the state still had 13 Congressional districts, 4.9 candidates filed to run. In 2018, 4.3 candidates filed, and, in 2016, 5.7 did.

The 2024 election was the first to take place under new district lines that the North Carolina General Assembly adopted on October 25, 2023.

The 64 candidates who filed to run in 2024 were fewer than the 100 who ran in 2022. In 2020, 64 candidates also ran, although North Carolina had one fewer district then. Fifty-six candidates ran in 2018, the decade low.

Five seats were open in 2024, one more than in 2022 and a decade high.

Reps. Jeff Jackson (D-14th) and Dan Bishop (R-8th) did not run for re-election in order to run for state attorney general, while Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-10th) retired from public office. Reps. Kathy Manning (D-6th) and Wiley Nickel (D-13th), who did not run for re-election either, cited the partisan lean of their redrawn districts as the reason.

Fifteen candidates—one Democrat and 14 Republicans—ran for the open 13th district, the most candidates running for a seat in 2024. Thirteen primaries—two Democratic and 11 Republican—were contested. That was fewer than the 22 contested primaries in 2022, and tied with 2020 as the lowest number of contested primaries this decade. As a percentage of all possible primaries, the 13 contested primaries in 2024 were the lowest this decade (46%). North Carolina had 13 districts in 2020, making the 13 contested primaries that year 50% of all possible major party primaries.

Four incumbents—one Democrat and three Republicans—faced primary challengers. The 3rd and 6th Congressional districts were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed to run. Republicans filed to run in every congressional district, meaning none were guaranteed to Democrats.

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made North Carolina's 7th the 161st most Republican district nationally.[5]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in North Carolina's 7th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
43.9% 54.9%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[6] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
44.4 54.9 R+10.5

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in North Carolina, 2020

North Carolina presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 18 Democratic wins
  • 13 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
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
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 May 2024.

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 May 2024.

State executive officials in North Carolina, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Roy Cooper
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Mark Robinson
Secretary of State Democratic Party Elaine Marshall
Attorney General Democratic Party Josh Stein

State legislature

North Carolina State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 20
     Republican Party 30
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 50

North Carolina House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 48
     Republican Party 72
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 120

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

North Carolina Party Control: 1992-2024
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
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
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
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

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in North Carolina in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in North Carolina, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
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 8,000, whichever is greater[7] $1,740.00 12/15/2023 Source
North Carolina U.S. House Unaffiliated 10,000[8] $1,740.00 3/5/2024 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  3. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
  4. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Election Information," accessed October 7, 2024
  5. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  6. ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
  7. ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of filing fee.
  8. ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of filing fee.


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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