This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina was Dec. 19, 2025.

Sixty-seven candidates — 40 Democrats and 27 Republicans — are running 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.

Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:

• These are 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 are open this year, meaning all incumbents — four Democrats and 10 Republicans — are running for re-election. The only other year since 2014 with no open districts was 2018.
• Nineteen primaries — 11 Democratic and eight Republican — are contested this year. 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 — are running for the 10th district, the most candidates running for a seat this year.
• Eight incumbents — two Democrats and six Republicans — are facing a primary challenger this year. 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 are guaranteed to either party.

North Carolina and two other states — Texas and Arkansas — are holding U.S. House primaries on March 3, 2026. If needed, North Carolina will hold runoff elections on May 12, 2026.

In North Carolina, if no primary candidate receives at least 30% of the vote, a runoff election can be requested in writing.