North Carolina's 7th Congressional District election, 2026
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| Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: December 19, 2025 |
| Primary: March 3, 2026 Primary runoff: May 12, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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AllU.S. House districts, including the7th Congressional District of North Carolina, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is March 3, 2026, and a primary runoff is May 12, 2026. The filing deadline was December 19, 2025.For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- North Carolina's 7th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Democratic primary)
- North Carolina's 7th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 3 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 7
Kimberly Hardy,Maad Abu-Ghazalah, andMichael Henry are running in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Kimberly Hardy (D) | |
| Maad Abu-Ghazalah (L) | ||
| Michael Henry (Independent) | ||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled.Kimberly Hardy advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7
IncumbentDavid Rouzer andDavid Buzzard are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | David Rouzer | |
 | David Buzzard | |
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled.Maad Abu-Ghazalah advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7.
Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also:Voting in North Carolina
Election information inNorth Carolina: March 3, 2026, election.
What is the voter registration deadline?
- In-person: Feb. 28, 2026
- By mail: Postmarked by Feb. 6, 2026
- Online: Feb. 6, 2026
Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?
What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?
- In-person: Feb. 17, 2026
- By mail: Received by Feb. 17, 2026
- Online: Feb. 17, 2026
What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?
- In-person: March 3, 2026
- By mail: Received by March 3, 2026
Is early voting available to all voters?
What are the early voting start and end dates?
Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?
When are polls open on Election Day?
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Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rouzer | Republican Party | $1,085,555 | $653,529 | $1,867,552 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Kimberly Hardy | Democratic Party | $120,547 | $99,863 | $20,684 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| David Buzzard | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Maad Abu-Ghazalah | Libertarian Party | $3,390 | $1,890 | $1,500 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Michael Henry | Independent | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Source:Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). *According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." | |||||
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, andDDHQ/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 andSolid 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]
| Race ratings: North Carolina's 7th Congressional District election, 2026 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| 2/10/2026 | 2/3/2026 | 1/27/2026 | 1/20/2026 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Pending | Pending | Pending | Pending | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. | |||||||||
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, clickhere.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
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| 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 |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 7
IncumbentDavid Rouzer (R) defeatedMarlando Pridgen (D) in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Rouzer (R) | 58.6 | 254,022 |
 | Marlando Pridgen (D) | 41.4 | 179,512 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 433,534 | ||
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Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for March 5, 2024, was canceled.Marlando Pridgen (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 without appearing on the ballot.
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for March 5, 2024, was canceled. IncumbentDavid Rouzer (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 without appearing on the ballot.
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 7
IncumbentDavid Rouzer (R) defeatedCharles Graham (D) in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Rouzer (R) | 57.7 | 164,047 |
 | Charles Graham (D) | 42.3 | 120,222 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 284,269 | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Thompson (Independent)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7
Charles Graham (D) defeatedCharles E. Evans (D),Steve Miller (D), andYushonda Midgette (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charles Graham | 31.2 | 13,054 |
 | Charles E. Evans | 29.3 | 12,263 | |
 | Steve Miller | 23.3 | 9,744 | |
 | Yushonda Midgette | 16.1 | 6,738 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 41,799 | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7
IncumbentDavid Rouzer (R) defeatedMax Beckwith (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Rouzer | 79.2 | 39,203 |
 | Max Beckwith | 20.8 | 10,300 | |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 49,503 | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Peter Boykin (R)
General election
General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 7
IncumbentDavid Rouzer (R) defeatedChristopher Ward (D) andTheresa Everett (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Rouzer (R) | 60.2 | 272,443 |
 | Christopher Ward (D) | 39.6 | 179,045 | |
 | Theresa Everett (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 294 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 426 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 452,208 | ||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7
Christopher Ward (D) defeatedMark Judson (D) andRobert Colon (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher Ward | 46.3 | 35,224 |
 | Mark Judson | 36.3 | 27,640 | |
 | Robert Colon | 17.3 | 13,183 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 76,047 | ||
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Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for March 3, 2020, was canceled. IncumbentDavid Rouzer (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 7 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Pete D'Abrosca (R)
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting ahead of the 2026 election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below is the district map used in the 2024 election next to the map in place for the 2026 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it.Error: One or both images not found for the specified years.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in North Carolina.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in North Carolina in 2026. Information below was calculated on December 19, 2025., and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Sixty-seven candidates — 40 Democrats and 27 Republicans — ran 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.
These were the first elections to take place since theGeneral Assembly of North Carolina passed a newcongressional map. TheNorth Carolina Senate passed it on Oct. 21, 2025, and theNorth Carolina House of Representatives passed it Oct. 22, 2025.
No districts were open in 2026, meaning all incumbents — four Democrats and 10 Republicans — ran for re-election. The only other year since 2014 with no open districts was 2018.
Nineteen primaries — 11 Democratic and eight Republican — were contested in 2026. 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 — ran for the10th district, the most candidates who ran for a district in 2026.
Eight incumbents — two Democrats and six Republicans — faced a primary challenger in 2026. 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 were guaranteed to either party.Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, theCook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made North Carolina's 7th the 173rd most Republican district nationally.[5]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled byThe Downballot.
Kamala Harris | Donald Trump |
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| 45.0% | 52.7% |
Presidential voting history
North Carolina presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 18Democratic wins
- 14Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
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| Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of North Carolina's congressional delegation as of October 2025.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from North Carolina | |||
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| 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 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in North Carolina's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.
| Office | Officeholder |
|---|---|
| Governor | Josh Stein |
| Lieutenant Governor | Rachel Hunt |
| Secretary of State | Elaine Marshall |
| Attorney General | Jeff Jackson |
State legislature
North Carolina State Senate
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 20 | |
| Republican Party | 30 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | |
North Carolina House of Representatives
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 49 | |
| Republican Party | 71 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 120 | |
Trifecta control
North Carolina Party Control: 1992-2025
Fourteen years of Democratic trifectas • Four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑Inside Electionsalso usesTiltratings 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
- ↑Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
