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2026 candidates we're tracking in NC-2
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Deborah K. Ross
Democratic
Incumbent
Ross is a civil rights lawyer who helped pass the South's first anti-racial-profiling law and served more than a decade in the North Carolina House before her election to Congress, per the campaign site. She holds a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, per the campaign site.
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Eugene F. Douglass
Republican
Eugene F. Douglass is a retired teacher, per press coverage of the race.
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Matthew Laszacs
Libertarian
Matthew Laszacs appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, NC-2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
About this race
North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The North Carolina primary is Tuesday, March 3, 2026 (runoff Tuesday, May 12, 2026 if needed), and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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