Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Mahesh Ganorkar

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · North Carolina District 2
Filing address
Pittsboro, NC (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GANORKAR, MAHESH
Next election
Primary May 17, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of North Carolina with the 2022 district highlighted

North Carolina, District 2

RepublicanU.S. House · North Carolina District 2ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H2NC06106 · Principal campaign committee: GANORKAR FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · North Carolina District 4$18,568.36General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · North Carolina District 2$5,139.75Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2021–2022U.S. House · North Carolina District 2$21,581.30Lost primary
Total raised$21,581.30
Total spent$20,666.91
Cash on hand$15,292.15
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $5,481.30Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $16,100.00
  • Individual contributions$5,481.3025%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$16,100.0075%

Self-funding: $16,100.00 (75% of money raised): $16,100.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

The race

North Carolina U.S. House, District 2, 2022 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mahesh Ganorkar (R)$21,581.30$15,292.152022-12-31
Deborah Ross (D)$2,124,081.81$469,324.362022-12-31
Christine Villaverde (R)$149,375.48$11,063.102022-12-31
Adina Safta (R)$55,614.34$33,460.302022-04-27
James David Gailliard (D)$43,004.09$194.092022-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 23, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 18, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DMarch 2, 2022
  • PoliticoSolid DApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid DJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe DSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: GANORKAR 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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