Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Deborah K. Ross
- 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
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
North Carolina, District 2
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0NC02125 · Principal campaign committee: DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 2 | $2,039,910.71 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 2 | $1,930,246.07 | Won the general election (66.3%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 2 | $2,124,081.81 | Won the general election (64.7%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 2 | $2,291,722.62 | Won the general election (63%) |
Total raised$2,291,722.62
Total spent$1,840,264.49
Cash on hand$451,458.13
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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$1,762,872.9577%
- PACs and other committees$399,988.0017%
- Party committees$50.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$122,010.895%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,800.780%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Ethics
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Energy Ranking Member
- Environment
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
- Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
108 committees reported giving $343,013.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$15,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$10,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$6,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY - PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALConnected PAC$5,000.00
- EMILY'S LISTConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
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- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DEFENSE, ECONOMIC RENEWAL, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- EQUALITY PACPAC$5,000.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST - JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$5,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP PACPAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- PRICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF ROSA DELAUROCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH UNDERWRITERS PAC (HUPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CICILLINE COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- DISTRICT NO. 1-PCD, MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOC. - POLITICAL ACTION FUND (MEBA-PAF) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- WSP USA INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PACLeadership PAC$1,001.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEST 4 AMERICAConnected PAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PAC (HEARTPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CASTOR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- EMERGEORTHO P.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- TED DEUTCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- CHERPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP, OPPORTUNITY, INNOVATION SERVICE PAC - LOIS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- THOMPSON COBURN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING AND EMPOWERING (VIBE) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PACPAC$1,000.00
- GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOULAPACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SECURING OUR FUTURE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
- REMEDY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$12.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Deborah Ross$365.50
- Independent expenditures opposing Deborah Ross$0.00
FEC totals for the 2020 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.
- JDCA PACSupporting$250.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$106.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUNDSupporting$7.00
The race
North Carolina U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 8 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah Ross (D) | $2,291,722.62 | $451,458.13 | 2020-12-31 |
| George E Holding (R) | $994,848.24 | $134,072.02 | 2020-12-31 |
| Scott Cooper (D) | $596,491.60 | $90,269.30 | 2020-12-31 |
| Monika Johnson-Hostler (D) | $148,097.74 | $0.00 | 2020-04-19 |
| Alan D Swain (R) | $119,670.70 | $229.22 | 2020-12-31 |
| Jason Butler (D) | $42,436.01 | $363.45 | 2019-12-31 |
| Andrew Steven Terrell (D) | $34,330.00 | $0.00 | 2020-03-31 |
| Japheth Matemu (L) | $624.89 | $0.00 | 2019-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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