Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Laurie Buckhout
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · North Carolina District 1
- Filing address
- Raleigh, NC (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- BUCKHOUT, LAURIE
- Next election
- Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
North Carolina, District 1
FEC candidate ID H4NC01137 · Principal campaign committee: LAURIE BUCKHOUT FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 1 | $4,787,737.24 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · North Carolina District 1 | $4,795,621.51 | Lost the general election (47.8%) |
Total raised$4,787,737.24
Total spent$3,376,140.26
Cash on hand$1,437,900.53
Debts owed by the campaign$3,101,000.00
Loans from the candidate$2,401,000.00
2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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$1,080,428.8223%
- PACs and other committees$533,787.6911%
- Party committees$5,700.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,402,740.0050%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$764,590.0616%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$490.670%
Self-funding: $2,402,740.00 (50% of money raised): $1,740.00 given and $2,401,000.00 lent by the candidate. $800,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$173,102.1914%
- Contributions over $200$1,032,824.7086%
- Itemized from inside North Carolina$265,315.8825%
- Itemized from other states$786,448.8775%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $210,536.01 · Florida $185,457.79 · California $68,528.92 · Illinois $36,655.17 · New York $34,842.94. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
115 committees reported giving $407,345.00 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.
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$15,000.00
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SECOND FRONT SYSTEMS INC PACPAC$6,845.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$6,000.00
- NO NONSENSE PACConnected PAC$6,000.00
- FIGHT ON PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- CPAC ACTION PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST. INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUNDHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PAC FOR AMERICAConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MAGGIE'S LISTPAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDJoint fundraising committee$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
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- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WFW ACTION FUND INCHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BE VICTORIOUS OVER DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LASTING INVESTMENTS STRENGTHENING AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RANGER PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- WORKING FOR OHIOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN DREAM DELIVEREDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S BOLD ERA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ANTI-WOKE FUNDHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA FIRST PACPAC$5,000.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$4,500.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- ULTRA MAGA PACPAC$4,000.00
- ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PACPAC$4,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP IN ELECTIONS PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- B BRIGADE MAJORITY FUNDLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- HAYSTACK PACConnected PAC$3,500.00
- MIKE KENNEDY FOR UTAHCandidate committee$3,500.00
- AMERICA'S AWAKENING PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- MAINTAINING AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- GLASS CITY PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- NC2DC LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- TIMBERLINE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- HEARTLAND LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PACPAC$3,000.00
- DELIVERING AMERICAN VALUES IN DC PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SPACE COAST LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- FLORIDA FIRST PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- KEEPING FREEDOM ALIVE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE AKA CENTER PACPAC$2,500.00
- OLD NORTH LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- EXPECT MORE LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TENNESSEE TOUGH PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CIRCLE THE WAGONS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MOUNTAINEER PACPAC$2,500.00
- INDIANAENGRPACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- VIRGINIA FOXX FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MORGAN GRIFFITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- IMPACT COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- A NEW NATION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- GLENN GROTHMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RURAL AMERICA COUNTS PAC (RAC PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- SMUCKER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BURCHETT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CUT THE BULL PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BOOTS ON THE GROUND - FEDERALConnected PAC$2,000.00
- MNM PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RUDY FOR INDIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- CELESTE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MARK HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF TIM MOORECandidate committee$2,000.00
- DAVE TAYLOR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- HEBREW HAMMER PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM KINGSTONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MCGOWAN FOR IOWACandidate committee$2,000.00
- CHRIS GOBER FOR TEXASCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JACE YARBROUGH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CLAY FULLER FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- LADY WASHINGTON PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION NC SOYPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RWA FUND, INC.Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM COUNCIL, INC. FEDERAL PACPAC$1,000.00
- OREGON FRONTIER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ALASKANS FOR NICK BEGICHCandidate committee$1,000.00
- FROGMAN PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SECURING THE REPUBLIC FOR OUR NEXT GENERATIONPAC$1,000.00
- HEAL AMERICALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GUARDING OUR LASTING DEMOCRACY (GOLD) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JESSICA STEINMANN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TRUTH AND EXCELLENCE PACPAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Laurie Buckhout$829,003.30
- Independent expenditures opposing Laurie Buckhout$2,807,130.81
FEC totals for the 2026 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.
- AMERICAN MISSIONSupporting$509,067.00
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER PACSupporting$191,000.00
- SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICASupporting$65,000.00
- WFW ACTION FUND INCSupporting$63,934.00
- 1ST CONSERVATIVE FUND NCOpposing$42,114.00
The race
North Carolina U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 8 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie Buckhout (R) | $4,787,737.24 | $1,437,900.53 | 2026-10-14 |
| Don Davis (D) | $5,572,578.37 | $2,027,710.43 | 2026-09-30 |
| Sandy Roberson (R) | $3,539,477.44 | $16,017.71 | 2026-09-30 |
| Bobby Hanig (R) | $361,095.99 | $237.08 | 2026-09-30 |
| Asa Bryant Buck III (R) | $339,405.00 | $0.00 | 2026-07-15 |
| Ashley Nicole Russell (R) | $221,697.85 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| co/efficient (R) | October 6–8, 2026 | 623 (LV) | ± 3.91% | Don Davis 42% · Laurie Buckhout 43% · Tom Bailey 2% |
| Neighborhood Research (R) | October 1–6, 2026 | 303 (LV) | ± 5.6% | Don Davis 51% · Laurie Buckhout 41% |
| GQR (D) | September 29 – October 4, 2026 | 500 (LV) | Don Davis 47% · Laurie Buckhout 39% · Tom Bailey 8% | |
| GBAO (D) | September 8–11, 2026 | 500 (LV) | Don Davis 50% · Laurie Buckhout 43% | |
| GQR (D) | June 22–28, 2026 | 500 (LV) | – | Don Davis 45% · Laurie Buckhout 41% · Tom Bailey 8% |
| co/efficient (R) | April 25–29, 2026 | 842 (LV) | ± 3.4% | Don Davis 41% · Laurie Buckhout 41% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina (retrieved October 22, 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: LAURIE BUCKHOUT FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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