North Carolina's 12th Congressional District election, 2026
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| North Carolina's 12th 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. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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All U.S. House districts, including the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary was March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is May 12, 2026. The filing deadline was December 19, 2025. The outcome of this race will affect the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 120th Congress. All 435 U.S. House districts are up for election.
Currently, Republicans have a 218-214 majority with three vacancies in the chamber.[1] To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- North Carolina's 12th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primary)
- North Carolina's 12th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Incumbent Alma Adams and Jack Codiga are running in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
| Alma Adams (D) | ||
Jack Codiga (R) ![]() | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Incumbent Alma Adams defeated Monaca Maye Williamson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alma Adams | 79.0 | 54,511 | |
Monaca Maye Williamson ![]() | 21.0 | 14,533 | ||
| Total votes: 69,044 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Jack Codiga defeated Addul Ali in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jack Codiga ![]() | 67.3 | 6,557 | |
Addul Ali ![]() | 32.7 | 3,181 | ||
| Total votes: 9,738 | ||||
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Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in North Carolina
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Survey responses from candidates in this race
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Jack Codiga (R)
Because the dollar isn’t backed by assets like gold or silver, as the Constitution intended, our economy is unstable and people can’t reliably store the value of their work. I support ending the Federal Reserve, which currently controls our money and oversees a banking system where new money is created through loans. Control of our currency should return to the U.S. Treasury, with gold and silver once again serving as money.
Free Markets & Equality Under the Law: Beyond a broken currency, America’s economy is broken by heavy government intervention and an overgrown welfare system which is bankrupting our country while failing to solve our problems. For example, in healthcare and college, bad policies have stripped away the incentives that once kept costs down and quality high.
A healthy economy requires the government to do a few basic things well: protect rights, enforce contracts, and keep the rules fair. It should not run the economy or pick winners and losers. The government must treat everyone equally, without special favors or double standards. One law for everyone is essential to a free and prosperous society.
Our government should put American citizens first. One of my priorities is giving voters more real choices by opening up the primary system so more candidates can compete. This would require either a majority winner or a runoff between the top two candidates, encouraging voters to choose based on principles instead of party labels.
I also support stronger privacy protections rooted in the First and Fourth Amendments. That means protecting free speech online and limiting business practices that profit from collecting and selling people’s personal data.
Jack Codiga (R)
Illegal immigration has a serious impact on the nation, and the commonly cited estimate of 13 million people is likely understated. We must address this with empathy while respecting our country.
We need a clear approach that starts with deporting violent criminals and those who abuse government programs. For others, we should remove incentives, like welfare benefits, that encourage illegal residency. From there, we can decide who can stay through assimilation to America’s founding values and who should leave. I’m cautious about rigid rules, but second-generation individuals who want to assimilate should have a path to lawful residency as they know no other home.
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Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Alma Adams | Democratic Party | $267,797 | $415,137 | $426,070 | As of February 11, 2026 |
| Monaca Maye Williamson | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Addul Ali | Republican Party | $17,282 | $10,478 | $6,804 | As of February 11, 2026 |
| Jack Codiga | Republican Party | $10,012 | $5,184 | $4,828 | As of February 11, 2026 |
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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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General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- 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.[2]
- 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.[3][4][5]
| Race ratings: North Carolina's 12th Congressional District election, 2026 | |||||||||
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| 3/17/2026 | 3/10/2026 | 3/3/2026 | 2/24/2026 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Pending | Pending | Pending | Pending | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
| 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
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 | ||||||
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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 |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Incumbent Alma Adams (D) defeated Addul Ali (R) in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Adams (D) | 74.0 | 259,627 |
| | Addul Ali (R) ![]() | 26.0 | 91,128 | |
| Total votes: 350,755 | ||||
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Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for March 5, 2024, was canceled. Incumbent Alma Adams (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 without appearing on the ballot.
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for March 5, 2024, was canceled. Addul Ali (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Eric L. Levinson (R)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Incumbent Alma Adams (D) defeated Tyler Lee (R) in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Adams (D) | 62.7 | 140,494 |
| | Tyler Lee (R) | 37.3 | 83,414 | |
| Total votes: 223,908 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Vino Andrade (Independent)
- Diana Jimison (Independent)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Incumbent Alma Adams (D) defeated John Sharkey (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Adams | 91.7 | 37,984 |
| | John Sharkey ![]() | 8.3 | 3,460 | |
| Total votes: 41,444 | ||||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Tyler Lee (R) defeated Andrew Huffman (R) and Nalini Joseph (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tyler Lee | 42.9 | 10,388 |
| Andrew Huffman | 34.3 | 8,311 | ||
| | Nalini Joseph ![]() | 22.9 | 5,543 | |
| Total votes: 24,242 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ro Lawsin (R)
- Joel Maxwell (R)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Incumbent Alma Adams (D) won election in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Adams (D) | 100.0 | 341,457 |
| Total votes: 341,457 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Richard Smith (Unaffiliated)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12
Incumbent Alma Adams (D) defeated Keith Cradle (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 12 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Adams | 88.1 | 109,009 |
| | Keith Cradle ![]() | 11.9 | 14,713 | |
| Total votes: 123,722 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Roderick Davis (D)
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for March 3, 2020, was canceled.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bill Brewster (R) (Disqualified, still on ballot)
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.
2024

2026

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 D+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made North Carolina's 12th the 32nd most Democratic district nationally.[6]
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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| 73.8% | 23.6% |
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 | |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Secretary of State | |
| Attorney General |
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 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, when there are no vacancies, is 218 seats.
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
