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North Carolina District 9 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, North Carolina District 9

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U.S. House, North Carolina District 9 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Richard N. Ojeda II
21%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Richard Hudson incumbent
79%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentRichard Hudson

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
79% Richard Hudson · RepublicanChance to win, between the two named candidates
REP Richard Hudson 79%
DEM Richard N. Ojeda II 21%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Hudson 46.0% · Ojeda 42.0% Public Policy Polling / House Majority PAC · 2026-10-20
Seat lean (Hume PVI) Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Prior result, this seat Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMOjedaREPHudson
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Richard N. Ojeda II$2,930,069.22
Richard Hudson$4,173,708.23
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Richard N. Ojeda II$2,941,847.53
Richard Hudson$3,879,465.84
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Richard N. Ojeda II$45,572.22
Richard Hudson$925,975.68
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Richard N. Ojeda II42.0%Public Policy Polling · 2026-10-20
Richard Hudson46.0%Public Policy Polling · 2026-10-20
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Richard N. Ojeda IINot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Richard HudsonNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

1 listed · newest first
Newest field end 2026-10-20
Pollster / sponsorField datesSampleOjedaHudsonOthers
Public Policy Polling2026-10-19 to 2026-10-20LV · n=52642.0%46.0%none
Polling data CC BY 4.0 (FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub).

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    not available

    Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.

    Prior result, this seat

    not available

    Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Polls: FiveThirtyEight / VoteHub (CC BY 4.0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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