Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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 5, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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$4,795,621.51
Total spent$4,769,317.96
Cash on hand$26,303.55
Debts owed by the campaign$1,500,000.00
Loans from the candidate$1,713,000.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$1,933,890.2140%
- PACs and other committees$515,130.7911%
- Party committees$2,199.990%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,719,600.0036%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$623,476.6913%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,323.830%
Self-funding: $1,719,600.00 (36% of money raised): $6,600.00 given and $1,713,000.00 lent by the candidate. $213,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
152 committees reported giving $502,846.00 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.
- SUSAN B. ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND (DBA SUSAN B. ANTHONY PRO-LIFE AMERICA CANDIDATE FUND)Connected PAC$17,852.00
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUNDHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$10,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- RANGER PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAMLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$6,500.00
- MAGGIE'S LISTPAC$6,150.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$5,661.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- CPAC ACTION PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION'S TIAPAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
Show all 152 committees
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WELLS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RIGHTNOW WOMEN PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RURAL AMERICA COUNTS PAC (RAC PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DECIDING CRITICAL RACES PAC (DCR PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WFW ACTION FUND, INC.Hybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN GRIT PACPAC$5,000.00
- FRONTLINE PATRIOTSHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE RIDGE VICTORY FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$4,950.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- CONCERNED AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM & OPPORTUNITY PAC (CAFO PAC)Leadership PAC$4,000.00
- ASHLEY HINSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- CHUCK EDWARDS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BRANDON GILL FOR TEXASCandidate committee$4,000.00
- DUTY HONOR VICTORY PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- AMERICA'S AWAKENING PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- PIT CREW PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- OVER THE TARGET PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$3,000.00
- JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- WENSTRUP FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDPAC$3,000.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- NEVER SURRENDER PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$3,000.00
- NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION INC POL ACT CMTE INC (AKA) NC FARM BUREAU FARMPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE RIGHT GROUPConnected PAC$2,500.00
- A NEW NATION PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- HELP ELECT REPUBLICANS NOWLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- HELLFIRE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- FLORIDA FREEDOM FUND PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CIRCLE THE WAGONS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPS-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- PETE SESSIONS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LATTA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GUTHRIE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CONTINUING AMERICA'S STRENGTH AND SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FUNDING DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP PACPAC$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- HUDSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FIGHTIN' NINTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- COLLINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ELISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSASCandidate committee$2,000.00
- VALOR PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACPAC$2,000.00
- SMUCKER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- CAPTAIN HIGGINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MICHAEL WALTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BULLDOG PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEFEND & UPHOLD OUR NATION NOWLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KAT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PROVEN CONSERVATIVES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BE VICTORIOUS OVER DEMOCRATS PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LASTING INVESTMENTS STRENGTHENING AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- KEVIN KILEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- OLD BREED PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- GSL PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MCDOWELL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MESSMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ONDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE HARIDOPOLOS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICA'S BOLD ERA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- INDIANAENGRPACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FREE INDEED PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FIGHTING FIRST PACLeadership PAC$1,933.00
- SOUTH JERSEY UNITED IN TRUST (SJUIT) PACConnected PAC$1,500.00
- BOOTSTRAP PRIORITIES PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE SERVICE ACTION RESULTS (CSAR) PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- BURGESS 4 UTAHCandidate committee$1,400.00
- ONE COUNTRY, ONE DESTINY PACLeadership PAC$1,200.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$1,000.00
- HAL ROGERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WALBERG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- INVEST IN A STRONG AND SECURE AMERICALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION NC SOYPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TRUTH IS MARKETS WORK FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PATRIOTS IN ACTIONLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MOOLENAAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAINTAINING ALL REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- STAND PACPAC$1,000.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- YOUR OHIO REPUBLICAN TEAMLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LIBERTADLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEPENDABLE CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP PACPAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN STATES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN EXEC CMTEParty committee$1,000.00
- HAGEMAN FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$1,000.00
- HOUCHIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SECURING THE REPUBLIC FOR OUR NEXT GENERATIONPAC$1,000.00
- MOORE FOR WEST VIRGINIA, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- MOUNTAINEER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MIKE KENNEDY FOR UTAHCandidate committee$1,000.00
- HELPING ELECT AMERICAN LEADERS PAC HEAL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- TIGER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL RULLI FOR OHIO STATE SENATEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING AND RESTORING THE AMERICAN DREAM FUNDLeadership PAC$500.00
- TROY DOWNING FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Laurie Buckhout$1,014,692.73
- Independent expenditures opposing Laurie Buckhout$11,058,858.72
- Company and union communications to members about Laurie Buckhout$36,270.80
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- HMPOpposing$7,525,383.00
- DCCCOpposing$2,726,524.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$698,227.00
- VOTEVETSOpposing$313,387.00
- NRDC ACTION VOTESOpposing$250,000.00
- SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICASupporting$149,173.00
- HOLD THE LINE PACOpposing$85,500.00
- AMERICAN PATRIOTS PACSupporting$64,732.00
- SAVE WESTERN CULTUREOpposing$46,347.00
- DMFI PACOpposing$39,644.00
- MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACOpposing$39,644.00
- PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICASupporting$32,684.00
The race
North Carolina U.S. House, District 1, 2024 · 4 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie Buckhout (R) | $4,795,621.51 | $26,303.55 | 2024-12-31 |
| Don Davis (D) | $6,061,265.18 | $270,841.74 | 2024-12-31 |
| Sandy Smith (R) | $948,026.71 | $144.86 | 2024-12-31 |
| Christine Villaverde (R) | $44,225.00 | $0.00 | 2023-12-07 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GQR (D) | October 9–13, 2024 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Don Davis 50% · Laurie Buckhout 39% · Tom Bailey 6% |
| Noble Predictive Insights | September 24–30, 2024 | 404 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Don Davis 42% · Laurie Buckhout 34% · Tom Bailey 3% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: LAURIE BUCKHOUT 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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