Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Mahesh Ganorkar

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · North Carolina District 4
Filing address
Pittsboro, NC (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GANORKAR, MAHESH
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of North Carolina with the 2026 district highlighted

North Carolina, District 4

RepublicanU.S. House · North Carolina District 4ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H4NC02150 · Principal campaign committee: GANORKAR FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · North Carolina District 4$18,568.36Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2023–2024U.S. House · North Carolina District 2$5,139.75Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$18,568.36
Total spent$24,919.91
Cash on hand$9,001.14
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $10,546.72PACs and other committees: $3,350.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $4,568.98Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $102.66
  • Individual contributions$10,546.7257%
  • PACs and other committees$3,350.0018%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$4,568.9825%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$102.661%

Self-funding: $4,568.98 (25% of money raised): $4,568.98 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$4,532.5266%
  • Contributions over $200$2,289.7034%
  • Itemized from inside North Carolina$2,776.8076%
  • Itemized from other states$876.1224%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: OT $876.12. 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

$17K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,750.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,500.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $200.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $150.00YEAR-END: raised $2,002.66YEAR-END: spent $817.77PRE-PRIMARY: raised $0.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,578.40APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $1,017.48JULY QUARTERLY: raised $6,385.90JULY QUARTERLY: spent $6,816.96OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $6,651.40OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $6,776.632025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

North Carolina U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Mahesh Ganorkar (R)$18,568.36$9,001.142026-10-14
Nida Allam (D)$1,125,635.86$0.002026-07-15
Valerie Foushee (D)$1,048,542.77$49,354.182026-10-14
Mahesh Ganorkar (R)$18,568.36$9,001.142026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DApril 10, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

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: GANORKAR FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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