Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Deborah K. Ross

Official portrait of Deborah K. Ross
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Raleigh, NC
Born
1963
In Congress
House since 2021 · 5 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
ROSS, DEBORAH
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of North Carolina with the current district highlighted

North Carolina, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · North Carolina District 2IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0NC02125 · Principal campaign committee: DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · North Carolina District 2$2,039,910.71General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · North Carolina District 2$1,930,246.07Won the general election (66.3%)
2021–2022U.S. House · North Carolina District 2$2,124,081.81Won the general election (64.7%)
2019–2020U.S. House · North Carolina District 2$2,291,722.62Won the general election (63%)
Total raised$2,039,910.71
Total spent$1,499,256.01
Cash on hand$1,278,165.09
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,165,398.89PACs and other committees: $837,451.14Party committees: $3,612.99Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $33,447.69
  • Individual contributions$1,165,398.8957%
  • PACs and other committees$837,451.1441%
  • Party committees$3,612.990%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$33,447.692%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$130,127.3913%
  • Contributions over $200$842,943.7087%
  • Itemized from inside North Carolina$633,674.5071%
  • Itemized from other states$259,331.2029%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $74,765.00 · New York $34,400.00 · Florida $20,650.00 · District of Columbia $13,300.00 · Virginia $11,716.65. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.4M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $298,161.90APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $134,655.59JULY QUARTERLY: raised $258,740.15JULY QUARTERLY: spent $223,005.27OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $326,798.90OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $134,282.25YEAR-END: raised $237,403.78YEAR-END: spent $176,823.98PRE-PRIMARY: raised $56,845.37PRE-PRIMARY: spent $65,595.07APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $241,090.04APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $68,504.60JULY QUARTERLY: raised $256,937.45JULY QUARTERLY: spent $272,934.68OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $293,813.88OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $275,728.332025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea294
Voted nay378
Voted present2
Did not vote0 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored35
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored635

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10599 No Surprise Bills for Seniors Act
    Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Latest action Sep 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak…
  • H.R. 10525 Tropospheric Ozone Research Act of 2026
    Introduced Sep 21, 2026 · Latest action Sep 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 10037 Virtual-Based Opioid Treatment for Veterans Act
    Introduced Aug 3, 2026 · Latest action Aug 10, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • H.R. 9971 Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act
    Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.Res. 1410 Congratulating the Carolina Hurricanes on winning the 2026 Stanley Cup Championship, the team's first Stanley Cup win in 20 years.
    Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 9481 RETURN Act
    Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Latest action Jun 25, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 9333 AI Flaw Reporting and Security Enhancement Act
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jun 25, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
  • H.R. 9252 POWER Moldova Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 10, 2026 · Latest action Jun 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • H.R. 9253 Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 10, 2026 · Latest action Jun 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 8994 Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026
    Introduced May 21, 2026 · Latest action May 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

219 committees reported giving $743,179.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Deborah Ross$10.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Deborah Ross$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

North Carolina U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Deborah Ross (D)$2,039,910.71$1,278,165.092026-10-14
Brian McGinnis (I)$72,695.16$45,613.802026-09-30
Robert Bennett (D)$529.00$0.002025-12-09

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DApril 10, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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