Tennessee Republican Matt Van Epps this week won a special U.S. House election for a conservative district that includes part of Nashville.

New Hampshire and Iowa have famously started the presidential primaries in years past, but a new bipartisan op-ed calls for North Carolina to kick off voting in the 2028 election. The authors, former Biden senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates and former RNC communications director Douglas Heye,

Even though it’s still 2025, the window for candidate filing to run in NC midterm elections in 2026 will open in December.

President Donald Trump has endorsed North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger for re-election. Berger and Rockingham Sheriff Sam Page are the two Republicans vying for the District 26 seat, which covers Rockingham County, as well as parts of Guilford County.

North Carolina voters will soon learn who’s running in the 2026 elections. Candidate filing officially opens Monday, and runs through Friday, December 19. Depending on the office, candidates will file paperwork and pay fees either at their county board of elections or at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.

Gaining five times more in the last week, Republicans have moved to the cusp of eclipsing Democrats in voter registrations in North Carolina for the first time. Consolation prize as it may be, the change is historic and coincides with another unprecedented benchmark in 15 years of Republican majorities in the

Pursuant to federal law, North Carolina’s executive director in the State Board of Elections is asking the Stein administration for cooperation on voter registration data.

North Carolina Democrat Don Davis announced Monday that he would run for a third term from his redrawn 1st District.