The 2026 elections put all 14 of North Carolina’s U.S. House seats on the ballot on November 3, 2026. House members serve two-year terms, so every district is contested in each even-numbered year. North Carolina’s House delegation is currently 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats.
The redrawn map
North Carolina has 14 congressional districts, one more than it had in the 2010s after the state gained a seat in the 2020 reapportionment. The 2026 races run on a new map: Senate Bill 249, enacted as Session Law 2025-95 on October 22, 2025, which replaced the map used in 2024. Court challenges are summarized on the redistricting tracker. Every House seat is up at once, and 2026 is the first election on the new map. North Carolina also elects two U.S. Senators, currently Thom Tillis and Ted Budd, both Republicans. Senate terms run six years, and the state’s two seats sit on different cycles, so they are rarely up in the same year. One of the two seats is up in 2026; the other is not on the ballot again until 2028. North Carolina is closely divided in presidential races, which is part of why its district lines have been fought over so often in court.
Races to Watch
The 2024 results by district describe the old map, not the 2026 districts. District 11 has no sitting member on the ballot: Chuck Edwards is not a candidate, and Jennifer Capps Balkcom (Republican), Jamie Ager (Democratic) and Travis Groo (Libertarian) are running. In District 1, Representative Don Davis (Democratic) faces Laurie Buckhout (Republican) and Tom Bailey (Libertarian). Every district’s candidates are in the table below, taken from the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Because most House seats have a clear partisan tilt, the statewide Senate race is the federal contest that reaches every North Carolina voter.
Who is on the ballot
U.S. Senate: Michael Dublin, Green; Roy Cooper, Democratic; Shannon W. Bray, Libertarian; Michael Whatley, Republican. See all 35 Senate races.
U.S. House:
| District | Candidates on the ballot |
|---|---|
| District 1 | Don Davis, Democratic, incumbent Laurie Buckhout, Republican Tom Bailey, Libertarian |
| District 2 | Eugene F. Douglass, Republican Deborah K. Ross, Democratic, incumbent Matthew Laszacs, Libertarian |
| District 3 | Daniel Cavender, Libertarian Raymond Smith, Democratic Greg Murphy, Republican, incumbent |
| District 4 | Valerie P. Foushee, Democratic, incumbent Guy Meilleur, Libertarian Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar, Republican |
| District 5 | Virginia Foxx, Republican, incumbent Robert B. Luffman, Libertarian Chuck Hubbard, Democratic |
| District 6 | Addison McDowell, Republican, incumbent Cyril Jefferson, Democratic |
| District 7 | Maad Abu-Ghazalah, Libertarian David Rouzer, Republican, incumbent Kimberly Hardy, Democratic |
| District 8 | Bo Whitehead, Green Colby Watson, Democratic Mark Harris, Republican, incumbent |
| District 9 | Richard N. Ojeda II, Democratic Richard Hudson, Republican, incumbent |
| District 10 | Steven Feldman, Libertarian Ashley Bell, Democratic Pat Harrigan, Republican, incumbent |
| District 11 | Jennifer Capps Balkcom, Republican Jamie Ager, Democratic Travis Groo, Libertarian |
| District 12 | Jack Codiga, Republican Alma S. Adams, Democratic, incumbent |
| District 13 | Paul Barringer, Democratic Steven Swinton, Libertarian Brad Knott, Republican, incumbent |
| District 14 | Lakesha Womack, Democratic Tim Moore, Republican, incumbent |
District numbers follow the map drawn for the 2026 election.
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, general election candidate list, checked September 26, 2026. Write-in candidates are not listed.
Key Dates for North Carolina Voters
North Carolina held its statewide primary on March 3, 2026, one of the earliest in the country, when each party picked its U.S. House and U.S. Senate nominees. If no candidate won a primary outright, a second primary was set for May 12, 2026. The general election for all 14 House seats and the Senate seat is November 3, 2026. North Carolina offers early in-person voting, and voters can register and cast a ballot during the early-voting period. Exact deadlines and sites are set by the state, so check the North Carolina State Board of Elections for the dates that apply to you.
Find Your North Carolina District
Not sure which district you are in? Use the ZIP code lookup on our home page to find your North Carolina congressional district and see who represents you. For maps and the full list of the state’s seats, see the North Carolina congressional districts hub. For the Senate picture in every state, see U.S. Senators by State.
See also: 2026 Congressional Elections and U.S. Senators by State.
