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U.S. House — NC-11 · North Carolina · 2026

General election · 3 on the certified November ballot · Open seat (no incumbent)

Model rating Leans Republican (Open) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.

No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 5 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated

News attention 42/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated 2 days ago. How it works

On the November ballot (1)

Certified by the state, checked 2026-09-29.

Also on the certified ballot: Jennifer Capps Balkcom (Republican), Travis Groo (Libertarian).

Not on the certified ballot (8)

Filed or ran for this seat, but not on the state’s certified list for November.

Official source: https://dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv

Latest verified field polling

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Polling average

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Campaign money (FEC)

Candidate committee totals for the cycle from the Federal Election Commission (public domain), as of each committee's latest report.

CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Chuck Edwards Republican$939,985$563,005$485,7442026-06-30
Adam R. Smith Republican$67,449$65,946$1,5032026-03-31
Christopher John Harjes Democratic$73,748$73,748$02026-01-21
Jacob Lawrence Democratic$42,727$41,791$9362026-01-31
Jamie Ager Democratic$3,052,354$867,576$2,184,7782026-06-30
Morris D. Davis Democratic$111,369$111,369$02025-09-30
Paul Maddox Democratic$0$0$02026-09-29
Richard Hudspeth Democratic$217,241$217,241$02026-06-05
Zelda Briarwood Democratic$39,219$39,502$172026-03-31

Results

Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.

Democratic primary

Jamie Ager won49,19364.7%
Richard Hudspeth12,06315.9%
Zelda Briarwood9,89313.0%
Paul Maddox3,8575.1%
Lee Whipple1,0781.4%

Republican primary

Chuck Edwards (incumbent) won47,79570.1%
Adam Smith20,38929.9%

Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-29 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0

Key dates

Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.

  • 2026-03-03 — Primary election: U.S. House
  • 2026-05-12 — Runoff: U.S. House
  • 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House

Source: FEC election dates (public domain).

Primary and hypothetical polls (1)

Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.

  • Hypothetical matchup · Impact Research (partisan) · 2025-12-15–2025-12-17 · n=500 · Jamie Ager (D) 45%, Chuck Edwards (R) 44% · release

Signals (experimental)

Attention 42 Vector R · Open

Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)

Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly

pulse-1.0.0
42OUT OF 100Moderate attention
Attention percentile38th
7-day momentum9 / 100
Source breadth100% of tracked
News tone (GDELT)+42

Vugol Me Vector (experimental)

Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: medium

vector-1.1.0
Democratic leanOpen centerRepublican lean
AnchoredHeldTiltingOpenTiltingHeldAnchored
Completeness5 of 7 inputs (national, prior, incumbent, money, pulse) · missing: pres, poll
Evidenceno verified poll · fundamentals only
Freshnessoldest input 2026-09-28 (2 days ago)
Vector component signals · estimated margin R +2.1Fundraising velocity (FEC)D +7.2Last result for this seat (2024 R +13.5, national swing D +10.5)R +3.0Attention shareR +2.0IncumbencyR +6.0National environment: our generic-ballot average is D +7.9 (27 pollsters, as of 2026-09-30), against the 2024 national House vote of R +2.6. The seat's last result and presidential lean move by that swing; polls, incumbency and money do not. How.

Daily precision telemetry

Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans

Sources

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