Early voting is already underway. Here’s a guide to candidates, rules, deadlines and what you can — and can’t — bring into the polling place.

As part of a Trump-led gerrymandering effort, North Carolina GOP leaders redrew the state’s congressional district map in 2025 with the hopes of achieving an 11–3 majority. As the president of the College Democrats at Eastern Carolina University (ECU), Thomas…

Mark Harris is seeking reelection in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District. Why it matters: Harris staged a political comeback in 2024, winning the GOP primary six years after his 9th District campaign was tainted by absentee ballot fraud.

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A North Carolina state Senate candidate was arrested Monday after an hours-long standoff with police, which he detailed as it was happening in a series of posts to social platform X. Jonathan D. Miller, a Libertarian running to represent North Carolina State Senate District 16, was arrested at about 3 p.m. after the standoff, which…

I’m tired of it.” Smith is running for the 3rd District, a low-lying patchwork of small cities, piney woodlands and tobacco and cotton fields in Eastern North Carolina. Last year, state Republicans drew a new congressional map that shifted red-hued coastal communities out of the district and into the neighboring 1st District,

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The 2026 midterms are underway, and we want to know how North Carolina voters are feeling. Why it matters: North Carolina has a rare open U.S. Senate seat, plus competitive races for Congress and the state legislature. Voters also will decide on three transformational constitutional amendments. Take our four-question poll to tell us if you're feeling excited, anxious or something else entirely as ballots are cast. Get the rundown of the biggest...