Tag: North Carolina 2026 elections coverage
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Roy Cooper (D), Michael Whatley (R), and three other candidates are running in North Carolina's U.S. Senate election on November 3, 2026
Roy Cooper (D), Michael Whatley (R), and three other candidates are running in North Carolina's U.S. Senate election on November 3, 2026. Incumbent Thom Tillis (R) is retiring from public office. Prof. Chris Cooper described Cooper and Whatley as "Both good candidates ... raise exorbitant amounts of money. Neither is going to hurt their party’s…
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Four incumbents lost in the Republican primaries for North Carolina House of Representatives
Four incumbents lost in the Republican primaries for the North Carolina House of Representatives on March 3, 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. Ahead of the election, the…
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Three Democratic incumbents lost in the North Carolina House primaries
Eight state legislative incumbents lost in the primaries in North Carolina on March 3, including three Democratic representatives. That was the most Democratic House primary losses in the state since four lost in the 2010 primaries. The average number of Democratic representatives who lost in the primaries since 2010 was 1.4. According to the Raleigh…
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Three Democrats are running for Buncombe County, North Carolina District Attorney on March 3
Three candidates– Courtney Booth, Katie Kurdys, and Martin Moore – are running in the Democratic primary for North Carolina’s 40th Prosecutorial District Attorney, also known as the Buncombe County District Attorney, on March 3. No Republican candidates are running. This means the winner of the primary will succeed incumbent Todd Williams (D), who is not…
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Asa Buck (R), Laurie Buckhout (R), Robert Hanig (R), Eric Rouse (R), and Ashley-Nicole Russell (R) are running in the Republican primary for North Carolina's 1st Congressional District on March 3, 2026
Asa Buck (R), Laurie Buckhout (R), Robert Hanig (R), Eric Rouse (R), and Ashley-Nicole Russell (R) are running in the Republican primary for North Carolina's 1st Congressional District on March 3, 2026. The election is taking place in the context of redistricting that changed the district's boundaries from those used in 2024. The Assembly's Christa…
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Both candidates for Orange County, N.C., Board of Commissioners complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both candidates running for an at-large seat on the Orange County, N.C., Board of Commissioners—Adam Beeman and Karen Stegman—completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. All survey respondents are asked to tell voters about their three key campaign messages.…
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Nineteen U.S. House primaries are contested in North Carolina this year — the second-most since 2014
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.…
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North Carolina the third state to redraw congressional districts ahead of the 2026 elections
North Carolina became the third state to officially redraw its congressional map ahead of the 2026 elections. The new map aims to shift District 1, currently represented by U.S. Rep. Donald Davis (D), toward Republicans. That means the redraw could change the state’s representation in the U.S. House of Representatives from 10 Republicans and four…