Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

G. K. Butterfield

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · North Carolina District 1
Filing address
Raleigh, (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BUTTERFIELD, G. K.
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of North Carolina with the 2020 district highlighted

North Carolina, District 1

DemocraticU.S. House · North Carolina District 1IncumbentWon the general election (54.2%)

FEC candidate ID H4NC01046 · Principal campaign committee: BUTTERFIELD FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2021–2022U.S. House · North Carolina District 1$244,911.87Not running (declined to run)
2019–2020U.S. House · North Carolina District 1$1,040,201.15Won the general election (54.2%)
Total raised$1,040,201.15
Total spent$887,752.32
Cash on hand$663,956.67
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: $292,729.08PACs and other committees: $743,025.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,447.07
  • Individual contributions$292,729.0828%
  • PACs and other committees$743,025.0071%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,447.070%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

236 committees reported giving $726,012.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting G. K. Butterfield$137.88
  • Independent expenditures opposing G. K. Butterfield$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.

The race

North Carolina U.S. House, District 1, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
G. K. Butterfield (D)$1,040,201.15$663,956.672020-12-31
Sandy Smith (R)$1,703,668.95$20,570.042020-12-31
Michele Ann Nix (R)$59,694.50$0.002019-11-19

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: BUTTERFIELD 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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