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North Carolina’s 4th District

U.S. House · NC-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 56.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 78.1%

    Valerie P. Foushee, incumbent

  • Republican 21.9%

    Max Ganorkar

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
NC-4 78.1%21.9%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+23.6 44.2%−22.4

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over6.1% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Valerie P. Foushee · Democrat

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Valerie P. Foushee 49.2% 61,776 votes
Republican primary Max Ganorkar 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Valerie P. Foushee

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Max Ganorkar

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Open seat

    Max Ganorkar

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 45.5 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 56.2 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NC-2 Democrat, safe seat
  • NC-13 Republican, competitive
  • NC-9 Republican, competitive
  • NC-6 Republican, competitive
  • NC-3 Republican, toss-up
  • NC-8 Republican, competitive

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated