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North Carolina’s 6th District

U.S. House · NC-6

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 80% chance of winning, with an average lead of 8.7 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 34%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 53.4%

    Addison McDowell, incumbent

  • Democrat 46.6%

    Cyril Jefferson

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
NC-6 53.4%46.6%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+9.1 54.5%−7.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over5.8% (± 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

Addison McDowell · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Cyril Jefferson 39.2% 15,274 votes
Republican primary Addison McDowell 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Addison McDowell

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Cyril Jefferson

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Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 38.2 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 8.7 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NC-10 Republican, competitive
  • NC-9 Republican, competitive
  • NC-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • NC-5 Republican, competitive
  • NC-8 Republican, competitive
  • NC-4 Democrat, safe seat

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