Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Celeste Cairns
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · North Carolina District 3
- Filing address
- Emerald Isle, NC (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- CAIRNS, CELESTE
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
North Carolina, District 3
FEC candidate ID H0NC03206 · Principal campaign committee: CELESTE CAIRNS FOR CONGRESS
2019–2020 cycle totals through July 30, 2019, 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$120,983.5090%
- PACs and other committees$12,800.0010%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$182.750%
Self-funding: $182.75 (0% of money raised): $182.75 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
4 committees reported giving $8,977.00 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.
- DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GROWING OUR OWN DYNAMIC ECONOMY NOWLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$1,000.00
- CLUB FOR GROWTH PACConnected PAC$177.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Celeste Cairns$304,289.08
- Independent expenditures opposing Celeste Cairns$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.
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONSupporting$199,048.00
- AWAKE CAROLINASupporting$104,350.00
- CLUB FOR GROWTH PACSupporting$887.00
The race
North Carolina U.S. House, District 3 (special election), 2020 · 12 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celeste Cairns (R) | $133,966.25 | $0.00 | 2019-07-30 |
| Allen Thomas (D) | $623,737.88 | $151.13 | 2020-12-31 |
| Joan Perry (R) | $504,760.05 | $0.00 | 2019-12-31 |
| Richard Bew (D) | $236,573.97 | $0.00 | 2019-06-30 |
| Eric S Rouse (R) | $181,890.00 | $0.00 | 2020-04-15 |
| Francis X. De Luca (R) | $146,898.04 | $0.00 | 2019-08-22 |
| Samuel Graham Boyd (R) | $81,712.09 | $0.00 | 2020-06-30 |
| Ike Johnson (D) | $27,289.52 | $2,977.43 | 2019-09-30 |
| Michael David Speciale (R) | $16,702.45 | $0.00 | 2019-07-01 |
| Gary Ceres (R) | $12,136.00 | $572.00 | 2019-03-31 |
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: CELESTE CAIRNS FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.
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