North Carolina U.S. Senate Race 2026

10 candidates have filed with the FEC for a U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina in the November 3, 2026 election. North Carolina’s sitting senators are Ted Budd and Thomas Tillis. Voting records, candidates and key dates.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. All 2026 federal races.

Ted Budd (Republican) — sitting senator for North Carolina

  • Full recorded voting record — most recent 8:
  • Yea — PN1093-3 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — S. 5271 (Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected)
  • Yea — PN1078 (Nomination Confirmed)
  • Yea — PN1078 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — H.R. 6500 (Bill Passed)
  • Nay — On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 6747 to S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file) (Motion to Table Agreed to)
  • Yea — On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file) (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — On the Nomination: 74 nominations en bloc (Nomination Confirmed)
    All 74 nominationsPN961-1, PN937-5, PN901-1, PN730-38, PN962-3, PN931-6, PN1022-25, PN806-5, PN1022-10, PN1012, PN931-5, PN931-4, PN937-2, PN1022-22, PN962-1, PN961-4, PN901-3, PN806-7, PN730-23, PN1022-7, PN1022-6, PN961-3, PN937-9, PN937-8, PN937-7, PN1022-34, PN1022-31, PN1022-15, PN1022-9, PN1022-8, PN1022-3, PN961-9, PN931-2, PN1093-2, PN1093-1, PN1011, PN961-2, PN930-8, PN930-6, PN930-5, PN930-1, PN901-12, PN901-2, PN850, PN787-2, PN730-18, PN730-2, PN933, PN852-3, PN806-2, PN961-7, PN901-7, PN901-6, PN792, PN786-10, PN931-3, PN730-59, PN786-5, PN937-1, PN901-11, PN859-5, PN730-36, PN901-5, PN859-2, PN859-1, PN901-10, PN852-11, PN852-9, PN859-6, PN852-6, PN852-5, PN852-2, PN806-9, PN730-11

Thomas Tillis (Republican) — sitting senator for North Carolina

  • Full recorded voting record — most recent 8:
  • NotVoting — PN1093-3 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — S. 5271 (Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected)
  • Yea — PN1078 (Nomination Confirmed)
  • Yea — PN1078 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • NotVoting — H.R. 6500 (Bill Passed)
  • NotVoting — On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 6747 to S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file) (Motion to Table Agreed to)
  • Yea — On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 6732 to H.R. 6500 (No short title on file) (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
  • Yea — On the Nomination: 74 nominations en bloc (Nomination Confirmed)
    All 74 nominationsPN961-1, PN937-5, PN901-1, PN730-38, PN962-3, PN931-6, PN1022-25, PN806-5, PN1022-10, PN1012, PN931-5, PN931-4, PN937-2, PN1022-22, PN962-1, PN961-4, PN901-3, PN806-7, PN730-23, PN1022-7, PN1022-6, PN961-3, PN937-9, PN937-8, PN937-7, PN1022-34, PN1022-31, PN1022-15, PN1022-9, PN1022-8, PN1022-3, PN961-9, PN931-2, PN1093-2, PN1093-1, PN1011, PN961-2, PN930-8, PN930-6, PN930-5, PN930-1, PN901-12, PN901-2, PN850, PN787-2, PN730-18, PN730-2, PN933, PN852-3, PN806-2, PN961-7, PN901-7, PN901-6, PN792, PN786-10, PN931-3, PN730-59, PN786-5, PN937-1, PN901-11, PN859-5, PN730-36, PN901-5, PN859-2, PN859-1, PN901-10, PN852-11, PN852-9, PN859-6, PN852-6, PN852-5, PN852-2, PN806-9, PN730-11

Candidates who have filed with the FEC (10)

  • BROWN, DON (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Open seat
  • COOPER, ROY (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) — FEC: Open seat
  • DUPRE, MARGOT (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Open seat
  • JOHNSON, THOMAS LEE (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Open seat
  • MCGINNIS, BRIAN (GREEN PARTY) — FEC: Open seat
  • MORROW, MICHELE (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Open seat
  • NICKEL, WILEY (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) — FEC: Open seat
  • TILLIS, THOM R SEN (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Incumbent
  • WHATLEY, MICHAEL (REPUBLICAN PARTY) — FEC: Open seat
  • WILLIAMS, MARCUS W. (DEMOCRATIC PARTY) — FEC: Open seat

Other North Carolina races

Candidate filings come from the Federal Election Commission and cover federal races only. Incumbent and challenger labels are the FEC’s own, as filed. Sitting members are matched to this seat by state and district, never by name — so a candidate listed here is not thereby identified as the office-holder. This corpus does not record which Senate class is on the ballot, so both of North Carolina’s senators are listed here and neither is identified as the holder of the contested seat. Data via the ElectedConnect API. Source records are public domain.