Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Courtney Joele Geels

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · North Carolina District 4
Filing address
Durham, NC (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GEELS, COURTNEY JOELE
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 4

RepublicanU.S. House · North Carolina District 4Open seatLost the general election (33.1%)

FEC candidate ID H2NC13185 · Principal campaign committee: COURTNEY GEELS FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$409,981.20
Total spent$409,981.20
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$40,000.00

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: $272,431.96PACs and other committees: $10,850.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $100,006.22Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $26,693.02
  • Individual contributions$272,431.9666%
  • PACs and other committees$10,850.003%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$100,006.2224%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$26,693.027%

Self-funding: $100,006.22 (24% of money raised): $60,006.22 given and $40,000.00 lent by the candidate. $6,552.71 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

3 committees reported giving $3,600.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Courtney Joele Geels$36,000.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Courtney Joele Geels$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Courtney Joele Geels$10,045.00

FEC totals for the 2022 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 4, 2022 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Courtney Joele Geels (R)$409,981.20$0.002022-12-31
Valerie Foushee (D)$1,253,021.19$127,711.252022-12-31
Alan D Swain (R)$269,128.20$1,996.672022-12-31
David Price (D)$213,752.00$69,061.242022-12-31
John David Szoka (R)$186,403.22$2,550.062022-12-31
Robert Benjamin Clark III (D)$171,779.93$7,909.032022-12-31
Ashley Ward (D)$88,271.22$0.002022-06-30
Stephen James Valentine (D)$61,597.51$0.002022-06-30
Richard Lee Watkins (D)$57,989.10$28,252.912022-04-27
Rene Borghese (R)$55,132.50$0.002022-03-31

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: COURTNEY GEELS 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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