The Caucus +
House · North Carolina 3rd District

Jr. vs Murphy vs Cavender

General election · primary Mar 3 · general Nov 3, 2026

Dem Raymond Smith Jr. (D)
Challenger
Raised $344K
Rep Greg Murphy (R)
Incumbent
Raised $2.82M
Lib Daniel Cavender (L)
Nominee

The money

$4.36M in all, FEC through the most recent reports
Raised by the candidates
Democrats
$672K
across the Democratic field
Republicans
$2.82M
across the Republican field
Whole field
$3.49M
5 candidates
Spent by outside groups
Total
$866K
first arrived Feb 12
Against Democrats
$0
of that total
For Democrats
$19K
of that total
On other candidates
$847K
for or against

How the district votes

Most recent first
2024 president R+14
2022 resultGaskins vs Murphy R+34
A past result is under the district lines in force that year, which in the states that redrew for this cycle are not these lines.
Held by Greg Murphy (R).