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North Carolina · U.S. House · District 13 · 2026

North Carolina District 13 House race

General election in 53 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · North Carolina District 13 House race

Brad Knott leads the field on money raised.

Candidates in the North Carolina District 13 House race, 2026 report raising $2.2M between them. Brad Knott reports $1.1M and Paul Barringer reports $1M, a gap of $125,131. Of what Brad Knott reports, 42% came from individuals and 57% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

Brad Knott

Brad Knott

RIncumbent
R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 57% from PACs and 42% from individuals.

42% individuals57% PACs1% other
$1.1M
raised
PB

Paul Barringer

D
D · challenger

Still has cash to spend. $515K on hand from $1.0M raised.

54% individuals0% PACs46% other
$1.0M
raised
AA

Anthony Aguilar

G
G · challenger

Small-donor heavy. 100% from individuals and 0% from PACs.

100% individuals0% PACs0% other
$50K
raised
AN

Alexander Nicholi

D
D · challenger

1% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 99% from other sources.

1% individuals0% PACs99% other
$7K
raised
FP

Frank Pierce

D
D · challenger

0% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 100% from other sources.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other
$2K
raised
JM

Josh McConkey

R
R · challenger

No receipts on file yet.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other
$0
raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Small donors & unclassified$58K
Banking & Financial$18K
Retail & Consumer$18K
Real Estate & Construction$16K
Transportation$9K
Ideological / Leadership$8K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • NOVO NORDISK INC. PAC (NOVO NORDISK PAC) · pac$13K
  • ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC · pac$10K
  • THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN PAC · pac$9K
  • BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) · pac$9K
  • NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) NATIONAL BROILER COUNCIL PAC · pac$9K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

30%49%21%
30% PACs49% individuals21% other

The incumbent's record

Brad Knott is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)
$3.4M
$667K - $6.2M.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
4
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • House Committee on Ethics
  • House Committee on Homeland Security
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Small donors & unclassified$58K
Banking & Financial$18K
Retail & Consumer$18K
Real Estate & Construction$16K
Transportation$9K
Ideological / Leadership$8K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

Brad Knott
R · incumbent
Brad Knott
vs
PB
Paul Barringer
D · challenger
$1.1M
Raised
$1.0M
$708K
Cash on hand
$515K
57%
From PACs
0%
42%
From individuals
54%
Banking & Financial
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No