2026 elections · North Carolina

North Carolina U.S. House, district 1

General election Nov. 3, 2026. 3 candidates listed, alphabetically by last name.

Rating: Toss-up (Cook: Lean R; Sabato: Toss-up; Inside Elections: Tilt R; DDHQ: Toss-up). Ratings are each forecaster’s own judgment.

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Libertarian

Tom Bailey

No 2026 financial summary on file with the FEC.

Outside spending

No independent spending for or against this candidate in FEC filings.

PAC and committee money

No contributions from PACs or other committees in FEC committee filings.

Republican

Laurie Buckhout

Raised
$4,726,318
From individuals
$1,032,343
From PACs and other committees
$520,454
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$2,402,740
Cash on hand
$1,864,912
Debts
$3,101,000

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $1,852,390 to support and $5,665,928 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 13, 2026.

PAC and committee money

118 committees reported giving $402,345 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks
  • Tech, AI and cryptospent to help $509K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Democrat Incumbent

Donald Davis

Raised
$4,287,386
From individuals
$2,211,711
From PACs and other committees
$1,524,569
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$3,570,366
Debts
$0

FEC, campaign committee totals through June 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $3,841,211 to support and $425,201 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 14, 2026.

PAC and committee money

420 committees reported giving $1,641,486 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks
  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $24K
  • Defense contractorsPAC checks $21K
  • Oil, gas and private prisonsPAC checks $5K
  • Pro-Israel groupsPAC checks $4K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Money in this race (FEC)
Laurie BuckhoutRepublican$4,726,318$1,864,912$1,852,390$5,665,928
Donald DavisDemocrat$4,287,386$3,570,366$3,841,211$425,201

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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