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North Carolina House race, District 3

Greg Murphy holds this seat and is running to keep it against Raymond Smith Jr..

The November ballot

Murphy
$2.4M
Smith Jr.
$223K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 14, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Greg Murphy

Republican · Holds the seat now

3
Trades disclosed
$525K
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in North Carolina

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 25 days before, or same-day during the early-voting period in person.

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How they won the primary

Democratic primary

The primary · 41,572 votes

  • Raymond Smith Jr.Won56.7%23,552
  • Allison Jaslow43.3%18,020

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$2.9M
Outside money
$126

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Murphy-
Opposing Murphy-
Supporting Smith$126
Opposing Smith-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

1%$29KSmall donors$71K32%
42%$983KLarge donors$116K52%
44%$1MPACs$26K12%
13%$309KOther$9.6K4%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

5 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
761K
Median household income
$64K
Unemployment
5.7%
Living below the poverty line
15.3%
Without health insurance
10.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+55 in 2024

  • Gregory F. MurphyWon77.4%
  • Gheorghe Cormos22.6%

320,841 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.