North Carolina’s 14th District

U.S. House · NC-14

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 79% chance of winning, with an average lead of 8.5 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 35%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

Republican 53.2%

Tim Moore, incumbent
Democrat 46.8%

Lakesha Womack

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

	Republican	Democrat
NC-14	53.2%	46.8%
National averageUnited States	44.2%+8.9	54.5%−7.7

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll, 2 scenarios

Pollster	Field dates	Sample	Population	Topline	Source	Image
Ragnar Research Partners Conservatives for America Scenario 1	10–Mar 12, 2026	400	likely voters	Generic Republican (R) 47 Generic Democrat (D) 38	See the poll
Ragnar Research Partners Conservatives for America Scenario 2	10–Mar 12, 2026	400	likely voters	Tim Moore (R) 48 LaKesha Womack (D) 40	See the poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over	5.3% (± 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

Tim Moore · Republican

Primary results

Held March 3, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary	Lakesha Womack	52.2%	20,641 votes
Republican primary	Tim Moore	83.0%	42,545 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

Republican Incumbent

Tim Moore
source
Democrat Challenger

Lakesha Womack
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Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 16.2 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 8.5 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

NC-11 Democrat, toss-up
NC-5 Republican, competitive
NC-10 Republican, competitive
NC-12 Democrat, safe seat
NC-6 Republican, competitive
NC-8 Republican, competitive

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

Forecast updated: October 15, 2026