Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Ted Budd

Official portrait of Ted Budd
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from North Carolina (class 3)
Party
Republican
Born
1971
In Congress
House since 2017 · Senate since 2023 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
BUDD, THEODORE P.
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 whole state highlighted

North Carolina

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · North Carolina District 13IncumbentRegistered for a future election

FEC candidate ID H6NC13129 · Principal campaign committee: TED BUDD FOR SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2021–2022U.S. House · North Carolina District 13$14,756,213.34Registered for a future election
2019–2020U.S. House · North Carolina District 13$2,325,418.77Won the general election (68.2%)
Total raised$14,756,213.34
Total spent$15,555,024.27
Cash on hand$272,187.73
Debts owed by the campaign$541,542.28
Loans from the candidate$275,000.00

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: $10,543,728.12PACs and other committees: $1,440,927.09Party committees: $56,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $275,265.81Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,405,700.74Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $34,591.58
  • Individual contributions$10,543,728.1271%
  • PACs and other committees$1,440,927.0910%
  • Party committees$56,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$275,265.812%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,405,700.7416%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$34,591.580%

Self-funding: $275,265.81 (2% of money raised): $265.81 given and $275,000.00 lent by the candidate. $275,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

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

39 committees reported giving $147,000.00 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 Theodore P. Budd$88,840.03
  • Independent expenditures opposing Theodore P. Budd$0.00

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 13, 2022 · 15 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Theodore P. Budd (R)$14,756,213.34$272,187.732022-12-31
Wiley Nickel (D)$3,717,882.21$36,999.172022-12-31
Kelly Daughtry (R)$3,575,112.25$0.002022-06-30
Robert Nicholas Hines (R)$3,286,174.94$4,394.322022-12-31
Kent Keirsey (R)$948,949.72$0.002022-06-30
Devan Barbour IV (R)$500,475.33$11,397.442022-12-31
Joshua Remillard (D)$422,963.99$0.002022-06-30
Chad Slotta (R)$417,416.00$884.002022-12-31
John Aneralla (R)$155,198.68$50,936.592022-12-31
Karen W Bentley (R)$128,335.56$797.782022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RJuly 28, 2022
  • RCPLean RJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean RNovember 1, 2022
  • DDHQLikely RJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Likely ROctober 21, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
SurveyUSA (R)October 21–24, 2022584 (LV)± 4.2%Bo Hines 43% · Wiley Nickel 44%
Global Strategy Group (D)August 29 – September 1, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Bo Hines 40% · Wiley Nickel 44%
Public Policy Polling (D)August 23–24, 2022506 (V)± 4.4%Bo Hines 40% · Wiley Nickel 40%
RMG ResearchJuly 31 – August 6, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%Bo Hines 44% · Wiley Nickel 39%
DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department (D)May 18–19, 2022429 (LV)± 4.7%Bo Hines 43% · Wiley Nickel 45%
Change Research (D)October 19, 2022––Generic Republican 45% · Generic Democrat 43%

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: TED BUDD FOR SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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