North Carolina U.S. House District 9

The count.

Checking the election sources…

Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• AB PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$366K against Richard L. Hudson Jr.
• REBELLION PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)$5,000 for Richard N. Ojeda
• TURN LEFT PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)$1,335 for Richard N. Ojeda

Each campaign.

• Richard L. Hudson Jr.FEC filing: Richard L. Hudson Jr. · H2NC08185 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Richard Hudson

  In the U.S. House (NC-9) since 2013 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 1 committee: Energy and Commerce · 1 subcommittee
  • 406 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 1 committee reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2NC08185) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $3.4M

  Spent

  $3.9M

  Cash on hand

  $926K

  • Individuals 41% $1.4M
  • PACs & other committees 58% $2.0M
  • Other receipts 0.7% $23K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $740K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $0 supporting · $366K opposing

  Biggest spenders opposing

  1. AB PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $366K

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Home Builders $10K
  2. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PACTrade association PAC · National Telecommunications Cooperative Association $10K
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Broadcasters $10K

  Where the money went $1.7M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $1.7M of the $3.9M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 9% $156K
  • Consultants & strategy 23% $386K
  • Staff & payroll 5% $79K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 48% $795K
  • Polling, research & data 2% $40K
  • Travel, meals & events 4% $60K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $48K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $49K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.8% $13K
  • Other or unclassified 3% $47K

  Largest payees

  1. REID POLITICAL CONSULTING, LLC DBA REPUBLIC STRATEGIES, LLC $577K
  2. ONMESSAGE DIGITAL FUNDRAISING $236K
  3. LCC INC $178K
  4. STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES, LLC $144K
  5. ADP $79K

  Paid to individuals: $59K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,260 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Richard N. OjedaFEC filing: Richard N. Ojeda · H6NC09218 ↗

  Raised

  $2.9M

  Spent

  $2.9M

  Cash on hand

  $46K

  • Individuals 99% $2.9M
  • PACs & other committees 1% $33K
  • Party committees <0.1% $1,004
  • Other receipts <0.1% $300

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

  Outside groups: $6,335 supporting · $0 opposing ($5,000 of it designated for the general election)

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. REBELLION PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $5,000
  2. TURN LEFT PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $1,335

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $5,000
  2. NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONUnion PAC · National Education Association $5,000
  3. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers $5,000

  Where the money went $2.0M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $2.0M of the $2.9M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 15% $308K
  • Consultants & strategy 10% $210K
  • Staff & payroll 8% $150K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 46% $916K
  • Polling, research & data 3% $66K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $48K
  • Office, technology & overhead 2% $42K
  • Legal & compliance 6% $112K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $4,046
  • Other or unclassified 8% $156K

  Largest payees

  1. SWITCHBOARD $243K
  2. RMS GROUP $153K
  3. RIPPLE EFFECT $101K
  4. FACEBOOK $100K
  5. SNJ STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS $91K

  Paid to individuals: $388K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Feb 16, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,158 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Nigel William BristowFEC filing: Nigel William Bristow · H4NC09171 ↗

  Raised

  $5,737

  Spent

  $1,195

  Cash on hand

  $38K

  • Individuals 100% $5,737

  Campaign totals through Mar 31, 2026.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. ALMA ADAMS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee $500

  No itemized operating expenditures from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC bulk file yet.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Lent Christopher Carr II, Tita L Hunter-Herod, Loren David Bibler.