North Carolina
Electoral Votes: 16
Population: 11,197,968
2024 Turnout: 73.73%
2020 Turnout: 75.35%
Cook PVI: R+1
Senate Rating: Solid D
Federal Government:
Senate
| Thom Tillis* (R) | Ted Budd (R) |
House
| Don Davis* (D) | North Carolina’s 1st |
| Deborah Ross* (D) | North Carolina’s 2nd |
| Greg Murphy* (R) | North Carolina’s 3rd |
| Valerie Foushee* (D) | North Carolina’s 4th |
| Virginia Foxx* (R) | North Carolina’s 5th |
| Addison McDowell* (R) | North Carolina’s 6th |
| David Rouzer* (R) | North Carolina’s 7th |
| Mark Harris* (R) | North Carolina’s 8th |
| Richard Hudson* (R) | North Carolina’s 9th |
| Pat Harrigan* (R) | North Carolina’s 10th |
| Chuck Edwards* (R) | North Carolina’s 11th |
| Alma Adams* (D) | North Carolina’s 12th |
| Brad Knott* (R) | North Carolina’s 13th |
| Tim Moore* (R) | North Carolina’s 14th |
(* indicates seat up election in 2026)
State Government:
| Governor | Josh Stein (D) |
| Chamber | Majority | Minority |
| State Senate | 30R* | 20R* |
| State House | 71R* | 49R* |
(* indicates seat up for election in 2026)
A Short Overview
North Carolina is one of the nation’s most competitive battleground states, with closely divided partisan control and frequent razor-thin margins. Urban growth in Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, and the Research Triangle has strengthened Democrats, while Republicans dominate many rural and exurban regions. Culturally, the state reflects a mix of Southern conservatism and emerging metropolitan liberalism. Presidential, Senate, and gubernatorial races are consistently high-profile and expensive. Their governors popularity and polling performances generally make the Senate race solidly in Democrat hands as of now.
