U.S. House of Representatives (NC-14) (Republican Primary)

U.S. Representatives serve two-year terms representing approximately 750,000 residents of their congressional district. NC-14 includes all of Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, and Rutherford counties, as well as portions of Mecklenburg (southern and western) and Polk counties.

The winner of this race faces the winner of the Democratic primary.  The incumbent is Republican Tim Moore, who served as Speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives for a decade before being elected to Congress in 2024. He faces Kate Barr, who ran as a Democrat in 2024 for a N.C. General Assembly seat but registered as a Republican to run in this primary as a protest against political redistricting,

In the U.S. House, Republicans hold 218 seats and Democrats hold 213 seats (with some vacancies). Democrats need to gain a net of three districts to win a majority, while Republicans can lose no more than two districts to retain control. The Cook Political Index estimates that this congressional district leans Republican by eight percentage points.

U.S. House of Representatives (NC-14) (Republican Primary) Candidates