North Carolina Sample Ballot 2026: Every Candidate on Your November Ballot

Davis was born and raised in Snow Hill in eastern North Carolina, where he worked cropping tobacco as a teenager, per the campaign site. He is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate who served eight years as a commissioned officer, then worked as an educator, a mayor, and a six term state senator before his election to Congress, per the campaign site.

Buckhout is a retired U.S. Army colonel and Iraq War veteran who led troops in combat before building a career in business, per the campaign site. She lives in Edenton with her husband, also an Army veteran, per the campaign site.

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.

Murphy is a physician who runs a private medical practice with more than 50 employees and serves on the faculty of the ECU School of Medicine, per the campaign site. He is a Davidson College and UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine graduate who has done medical mission work in Haiti, India and Africa, per the campaign site.

Smith is a decorated U.S. Army combat veteran, educator and former transportation planner who served as an at-large school board member and two-term state legislator, per the campaign site. He was born and raised in Goldsboro, North Carolina, per the campaign site.

Foushee worked as an administrative officer with the Chapel Hill Police Department for 21 years before serving in the North Carolina House and Senate and on the Orange County Board of Commissioners, per the campaign site. She holds a degree in political science from UNC-Chapel Hill, per the campaign site.

Ganorkar holds an MBA in international finance and operates a family-owned construction business, per the campaign site. He previously led a Tea Party group focused on educating Americans about socialism, per the campaign site.

Hubbard is a native of Wilkes County with more than 40 years of experience as a local journalist known for maintaining journalistic objectivity, per the campaign site. He lives in Wilkesboro, per the campaign site.

Robert B. Luffman has spent 25 years in the transportation industry, including 14 years as a commercial driver with more than a million safe miles across the 48 contiguous states and Canada, per the campaign site.

Jefferson is a former teacher and mayor based in High Point, North Carolina, per the campaign site. The campaign credits his tenure with a reduction in violent crime and new funding for workforce development, per the campaign site.

Rouzer has represented North Carolina's 7th Congressional District since 2014, after working for U.S. Senators Jesse Helms and Elizabeth Dole, at NC State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and in USDA Rural Development, per the campaign site. He also served two terms in the North Carolina State Senate, per the campaign site.

Kimberly Hardy is a social worker and professor who holds a Ph.D. in social work from Morgan State University, according to her campaign site. She has worked as an assistant professor of social work at Fayetteville State University, per Port City Daily. Hardy is the Democratic nominee for North Carolina's 7th Congressional District. Kimberly Hardy appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, NC-7, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Watson is a small-business owner with more than a decade of entrepreneurial experience who previously worked in masonry, construction and farming, per the campaign site. He was born and raised in Union County and was homeschooled, per the campaign site.

Whitehead currently works as a warehouse supervisor and has held a range of jobs including custodian, gas-station attendant and dump-truck driver, per the campaign site. He relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, after growing up on a small farm in Georgia, per the campaign site.

Hudson has represented North Carolina's 9th District since 2013 and chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee, per the campaign site. He holds a bachelor's degree from UNC Charlotte, where he served as student body president, per the campaign site.

Ojeda is a retired Army major with 24 years of service, including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, who later served in the West Virginia State Senate, per the campaign site. He holds a degree from West Virginia State University and has relocated to North Carolina, per the campaign site.

Harrigan is a Green Beret veteran and businessman whose career has ranged from entrepreneurial ventures to manufacturing defense products, per the campaign site.

Ashley Bell is a physician assistant running for U.S. House in North Carolina's 10th District, drawing on her medical career treating patients who struggle to afford care, per the campaign site.

Feldman is a physician and dermatologist who trained at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and works with insurers, patient advocates and pharmaceutical companies on healthcare delivery, per the campaign site. He has lived in North Carolina for more than 40 years, per the campaign site.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom is an eighth-generation Western North Carolinian raised on her family's apple farm in Henderson County, per her campaign site. She began her career in banking and finance in 1998 and now works as a Mortgage Loan Officer and small-business owner, per the campaign site. She currently represents Henderson County in the North Carolina House and is running for Congress in North Carolina's 11th District, per the campaign site.

Ager is a fifth-generation farmer who owns a sustainable meat company employing 25 people and holds degrees in environmental studies and history from Warren Wilson College, per the campaign site. He farms in Fairview in Western North Carolina, per the campaign site.

Adams is a retired educator with a doctorate who represents North Carolina's 12th District in Congress, per the campaign site. She co-founded the Black Maternal Health Caucus and has sponsored legislation supporting minority-serving institutions, per the campaign site.

Jack Codiga is a financial professional running for U.S. House in North Carolina's 12th District, per the campaign site.

Knott is a former federal prosecutor who holds a law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law and represents North Carolina's 13th District in Congress, per the campaign site. He grew up in the Raleigh area, per the campaign site.

Womack has more than two decades of experience in financial services and small-business development and serves as chief strategy officer of a community development financial institution, per the campaign site. She also works as a consultant and minister, per the campaign site.