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Field is set for NC 2026 elections as filing closes
Republican Laurie Buckhout files to run in the First Congressional District on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in the Governor James B. Hunt Jr. Administration Building at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. Buckhout narrowly lost her bid for the same office in 2024 to Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis. She will face a crowded primary field in March 2026. Sarah Michels / Carolina Public Press
Window for candidates closes in NC. With everyone filed, primary and general election contests for federal, state, local offices take shape.
by Sarah Michels December 19, 2025
The 2026 election field is set in North Carolina. Over the past three weeks, thousands of North Carolinians have filed to run for office, including in the US House of Representatives and Senate, state legislature, state courts and many local offices.
Many of those contests will conduct a primary election in March to determine each party’s general election nominees. Nearly half of state legislative races and all but two congressional races involve at least one primary contest.
In some of these cases, the primary will decide the winner. In six state legislative races, only Democrats filed to run, and in 11, only Republicans did.
In others, the primary is little more than a formality before the main event — the general election cycle.
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https://carolinapublicpress.org/73970/field-is-set-for-nc-2026-elections-as-filing-closes/?utm_id=120238630211790118