Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Leigh Brown
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · North Carolina District 9
- Filing address
- Harrisburg, NC (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- BROWN, LEIGH
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
North Carolina, District 9
FEC candidate ID H0NC09203 · Principal campaign committee: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEIGH BROWN
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 8 | $156,928.15 | Lost primary |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 9 | $409,892.99 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
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$398,892.9997%
- PACs and other committees$10,000.002%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,000.000%
Self-funding: $1,000.00 (0% of money raised): $0.00 given and $1,000.00 lent by the candidate. $1,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
2 committees reported giving $10,000.00 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.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$5,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Leigh Brown$1,296,905.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Leigh Brown$59,521.29
- Company and union communications to members about Leigh Brown$51,123.94
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.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$1,296,905.00
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONOpposing$59,519.00
The race
North Carolina U.S. House, District 9 (special election), 2020 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leigh Brown (R) | $409,892.99 | $44,758.33 | 2020-12-31 |
| Matthew Ridenhour (R) | $92,524.65 | $0.00 | 2019-05-31 |
| Stony Rushing (R) | $73,550.40 | $0.00 | 2019-08-05 |
| Stevie Rivenbark Hull (R) | $69,552.16 | $0.00 | 2020-10-13 |
| Fern Haywood Shubert (R) | $9,284.52 | $0.00 | 2019-08-31 |
| Loran Allen Smith (G) | $6,009.72 | $1,868.50 | 2020-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling (D) | October 27–29, 2020 | 750 (V) | – | Dan Bishop 45% · Cynthia Wallace 43% |
| Wick Surveys (D) | September 30 – October 2, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Dan Bishop 30% · Cynthia Wallace 34% |
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: COMMITTEE TO ELECT LEIGH BROWN.
- 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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