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Republican Laurie Buckhout challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis in North Carolina’s First District. (Photos: Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)
By Christine Zhu
The 2026 race for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District has broken records to become the most expensive U.S. House general election in history, according to new ad spending data.
In a district that Republican state lawmakers redrew last year to favor their party, GOP Army veteran Laurie Buckhout is challenging Democratic incumbent Don Davis.
Inside Elections shifted the race from “toss up” to “tilt Democratic” on Thursday.
A growing number of state officials fear prediction markets are opening the door to a new era of gambling on elections — a practice many states have long prohibited. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
By Tre Spencer
With Election Day less than a week away, prediction markets are signaling strong chances for some North Carolina candidates, even as some traditional polling remains uncertain.
In North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, polls have consistently shown Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis and Republican challenger Laurie Buckhout within the margin of error.
The Cook Political Report rates the race a toss-up. But prediction markets give Davis a roughly 80% chance of winning reelection, making him a four-to-one favorite.
Do the markets know better than the pollsters? We won’t know until the election is over.
American flags hang alongside the official agency flag at the U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., in August. The Justice Department is sharing state voter roll data with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (Photo: Jonathan Shorman/Stateline)
By Lynn Bonner
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced it has indicted 18 more people living in North Carolina with voting illegally in 2024.
Two weeks ago, on the first day of early voting, the Justice Department announced the indictments of 10 people on charges of voting illegally in the state.
Seventeen of the people indicted Thursday are legal permanent residents, according to the Justice Department. The other is in the country without permanent legal status, according to the DOJ.
Congresswoman Deborah Ross, D-NC (left) sat on a panel with Nicole Jorwic, Kirk Adams (center), Rep. Sarah Crawford, D-Wake, and Jamie Richmond (right) in Raleigh on Oct. 29, 2006. (Photo: Keep Your Care)
By Tre Spencer
A new campaign launching in North Carolina aims to help Medicaid recipients navigate upcoming federal requirements and avoid losing coverage because of confusing paperwork or reporting rules.
Keep Your Care, a national campaign focused on helping people maintain Medicaid coverage, launched its North Carolina effort Thursday at a Raleigh roundtable with recipients, caregivers and lawmakers.
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