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United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2026
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2026 U.S. House Elections |
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in North Carolina are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect 14 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 14 U.S. House districts. The primary is March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is May 12, 2026. The filing deadline was December 19, 2025.
Partisan breakdown
| 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 |
Candidates
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.
District 1
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Donald Davis (Incumbent)
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 2
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Deborah Ross (Incumbent)
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 3
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Austin Ayers (Libertarian Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Gregory Murphy (Incumbent)
District 4
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Valerie Foushee (Incumbent)
- Nida Allam
- Mary Patterson
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 5
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- David Clayton (Independent)
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Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Virginia Foxx (Incumbent)
- Steve Girard
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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District 6
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Joshua Hager (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Addison McDowell (Incumbent)
District 7
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Maad Abu-Ghazalah (Libertarian Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- David Rouzer (Incumbent)
District 8
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
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Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Mark Harris (Incumbent)
District 9
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Tita Hunter-Herod (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Richard Hudson (Incumbent)
District 10
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Pat Harrigan (Incumbent)
- Matthew Sin
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 11
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- John Rogers (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
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Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Chuck Edwards (Incumbent)
- Adam Smith
Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 12
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Alma Adams (Incumbent)
- Monaca Maye Williamson
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 13
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Brad Knott (Incumbent)
- Sid Sharma
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 14
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Timothy K. Moore (Incumbent)
- Kate Barr
Voting information
- See also: Voting in North Carolina
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.
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.[1]
- 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.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- North Carolina's 1st Congressional District
- North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District
- North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District
- North Carolina's 4th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 5th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 6th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 7th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 8th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 9th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 10th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 11th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 12th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 13th Congressional District
- North Carolina's 14th Congressional District
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 |
Political context
This section will be updated with information about the political landscape in North Carolina.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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
