Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Alma S. Adams

Official portrait of Alma S. Adams
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 12th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Charlotte, NC
Born
1946
In Congress
House since 2014 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
ADAMS, ALMA SHEALEY
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 current district highlighted

North Carolina, District 12

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · North Carolina District 12IncumbentWon the general election (62.8%)

FEC candidate ID H4NC12100 · Principal campaign committee: ALMA ADAMS FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · North Carolina District 12$483,374.93General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · North Carolina District 12$715,498.20Won the general election (74%)
2021–2022U.S. House · North Carolina District 12$957,366.44Won the general election (62.8%)
2019–2020U.S. House · North Carolina District 12$841,868.49Won the general election (100%)
Total raised$957,366.44
Total spent$760,597.28
Cash on hand$543,442.30
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $278,020.92PACs and other committees: $678,750.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $595.52
  • Individual contributions$278,020.9229%
  • PACs and other committees$678,750.0071%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$595.520%

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

210 committees reported giving $651,112.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Alma Shealey Adams$7,187.59
  • Independent expenditures opposing Alma Shealey Adams$50,000.00

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 12, 2022 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Alma Shealey Adams (D)$957,366.44$543,442.302022-12-31
Tyler Lee (R)$211,748.03$1,219.772022-12-31
Madeline Parra (D)$58,369.00$0.002022-10-19
Rogelio L Lawsin (R)$8,900.00$0.002021-12-31
Nalini Joseph (R)$5,000.00$4,675.092022-04-27

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: ALMA ADAMS 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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