North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
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Filing deadline: December 15, 2023 |
Primary: March 5, 2024 Primary runoff: May 14, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
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Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting in North Carolina |
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A Republican Party primary took place on March 5, 2024, in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.
Kelly Daughtry and Brad Knott advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13.
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 Democratic candidate won 51.6%-48.4%. 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) 57.9%-40.7%.[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 |
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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.[3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on North Carolina's 13th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
- North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Kelly Daughtry | 27.4 | 22,978 | |
✔ | Brad Knott | 18.7 | 15,664 | |
![]() | Fred Von Canon | 17.1 | 14,344 | |
DeVan Barbour IV | 15.4 | 12,892 | ||
![]() | Josh McConkey ![]() | 7.1 | 5,926 | |
![]() | Kenny Xu ![]() | 4.3 | 3,604 | |
![]() | David Dixon ![]() | 2.6 | 2,146 | |
![]() | Matt Shoemaker ![]() | 2.4 | 2,003 | |
![]() | Chris Baker ![]() | 1.3 | 1,089 | |
![]() | Eric Stevenson | 1.0 | 844 | |
![]() | Marcus Dellinger ![]() | 1.0 | 798 | |
![]() | Sid Sharma ![]() | 0.7 | 614 | |
James Phillips | 0.7 | 565 | ||
![]() | Steve Von Loor | 0.5 | 427 |
Total votes: 83,894 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erin Paré (R)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am a native of North Carolina born in Smithfield, NC that grew up in a blue-collar military family right off Interstate 95. The biggest thing in my small hometown is a truck stop. Growing up in the area you meet and learn about people from all walks of life and understand the most common values of the good in people. I graduated from North Johnston High School and obtained a bachelor’s degree in information security from East Carolina worked for the State of North Carolina in IT for about a decade along with currently employed as a commercial truck driver. I’m a candidate that knows what hard work is with being smart and efficient of the essential services our community needs."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I was born and raised in the small town of Weddington, North Carolina, where my family has lived for three generations. I have worked for a commercial construction company in Raleigh, as a project manager, for over five years. I enjoy being outdoors in nature, and try to spend as much time as I can up in our beautiful North Carolina mountains. I fell in love with politics after reading the documents that whistleblower, Edward Snowden, released regarding the NSA's illegal surveillance program, which was being used to spy on everyday Americans. After watching several Congressional hearings on the matter, I saw there was little accountability from people who had committed perjury, or worse. I decided, as an obligation to my country, that I would do something to put out of control government agencies in check. I am now seeking to fulfill this obligation, by helping to reinstate accountability within our federal systems and ultimately, giving our government back to its American citizens - WE THE PEOPLE!"
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, David Dixon is a lifelong resident of the Old North State. Having a distilled heritage from previous generations of farmers, mill workers, share croppers, military service members, entrepreneurs and educators, his background parallels many an American story in the upward mobility of the rising middle-class. Earning an undergraduate degree from Campbell University in 2004 and a graduate degree from NC State University in 2006, his professional experience includes international education while his community involvement includes membership in the McCuller’s Ruritan Club, volunteerism at the YMCA and feeding missions through the NC Baptists on Mission, Disaster Relief."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Biography: Knott obtained his law degree from Wake Forest University. Knott worked as a federal prosecutor in the office of the U.S. Attorney for Eastern North Carolina. Knott resigned to run in the 2024 election.
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Sources: Brad Knott campaign website, "Home page," accessed March 28, 2024, YouTube, "Brad Knott for Congress on February 21, 2024," accessed March 28, 2024, ABC 11, "Heated NC-13 Republican congressional race heads to runoff," March 7, 2024; Brad Knott campaign website, "Home page," accessed March 28, 2024
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Dr. Josh McConkey is a board-certified emergency physician and a reserve commander (Colonel) in the US Air Force. He is an Army Combat veteran of the Iraq War and is author of the book, "Be the Weight Behind the Spear", set for release in the Summer of 2023. He is a father, husband, physician, and a business owner who is concerned about the future of our country and he is setting aside his professional and military career to get America back on track. He is not a career politician. His leadership ethos, "Be the Weight Behind the Spear", is a call to action for all Americans to focus on developing our future heroes and leaders to ensure the freedoms, liberty, and success for generations of Americans to come!"
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "My name is Siddhanth Sharma. I'm an Accountant. I'm the most local candidate. I was born and raised in NC and lived in District 13 my entire life, no matter how many times the legislature changed the maps. "
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "One of the most rewarding things I've done is volunteer with my miniature dachshund, Bruno, at children's hospitals in the cancer section so the kids can play with him. Hearing a mom say "I haven't seen my son laugh in 6 months" makes it all worth it. But I'm from a proud military & law enforcement family that has served this country for as long as I can remember. My father’s family goes back 7 generations of Americans all the way back to my ancestors serving in the Colonial militia in the American Revolution. My mother’s family were refugees from Europe after World War 2, fleeing Soviet communist persecution. As a kid, I wanted to be a fighter pilot, but God had other plans for me & I never lost my devotion to defend my country. After earning a master’s in Philosophy & in the midst of my PhD work in Nuclear War Strategy at King’s College London, I saw American decline because of weak & inept leadership--first, when Russia invaded Crimea & then when ISIS almost took over Iraq. I was station in Quantico, Virginia as a Counterintelligence Officer, protecting our country’s most guarded secrets from Russia & China. While overseas with European Command, I became a Naval Officer in the Navy Reserve. As an intelligence officer, I’ve seen the best this country has to offer & I’ve seen some of the most wasteful & inept as well. I know what it will take to root out the rot that some have allowed to take hold. I am nobody’s ‘yes man’ & I will stand up for North Carolina. "
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I was born in Maryland and raised in Richmond, VA to legal Chinese immigrant parents. I grew up Christian and evangelized to my friends, going as far as to convert some of them. I attended Davidson College where I eventually graduated with a Mathematics degree. I also founded the universities chapter of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a conservatism youth activism organization, after being met with a wave of progressive woke-ism at the institution. I also served as a Student Leader at Reformed University Fellowship, a Christian organization on campus, and on the E-Board of College Republicans. After graduating I founded a non-profit called Color Us United which advocates for a race-blind, merit-based culture in America. Most notably, we have pressured Salvation Army into rescinding the D.E.I trainings they were forcing onto employees and we have exposed American Express for offering incentives for racially-outlined hiring quotas. I was the leading activist in the Supreme Court cases against Harvard and UNC regarding their racially-biased admissions practices, having jumped onto the case 4 years into the 8 year effort, then helping spearhead the effort to TAKE DOWN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. I've also authored two best-sellers, "An Inconvenient Minority" and "School of Woke." I now enter politics to take my mission of anti-CRT and anti-DEI, as well as other issues, to the national level, and create further change for a conservative America."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in North Carolina
Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Chris Baker | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
DeVan Barbour IV | Republican Party | $307,411 | $316,875 | $1,934 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Kelly Daughtry | Republican Party | $4,507,302 | $4,507,302 | $0 | As of August 13, 2024 |
Marcus Dellinger | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
David Dixon | Republican Party | $13,000 | $10,973 | $2,027 | As of March 31, 2024 |
Brad Knott | Republican Party | $2,473,896 | $2,456,636 | $17,260 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Steve Von Loor | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Josh McConkey | Republican Party | $601,739 | $587,719 | $14,033 | As of December 31, 2024 |
James Phillips | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Sid Sharma | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Matt Shoemaker | Republican Party | $111,577 | $111,577 | $0 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Eric Stevenson | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Fred Von Canon | Republican Party | $3,332,387 | $3,328,980 | $3,407 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Kenny Xu | Republican Party | $171,523 | $171,523 | $0 | As of May 22, 2024 |
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." |
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

2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in North Carolina.
North Carolina U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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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
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+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made North Carolina's 13th the 135th 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 13th based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
40.7% | 57.9% |
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 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
Difference | ||
44.0 | 55.3 | D+11.4 |
Presidential voting history
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 |
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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 |
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 | |||
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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 May 2024.
State executive officials in North Carolina, May 2024 | |
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Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
North Carolina State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 20 | |
Republican Party | 30 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 50 |
North Carolina House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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 | ||||||
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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 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
- North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
- North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
- United States House elections in North Carolina, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in North Carolina, 2024 (March 5 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Election Information," accessed October 7, 2024
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of filing fee.
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of filing fee.