North Carolina has an open race for the general election after Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican, decided he would not seek re-election in the wake of his vote to block President

North Carolina Republicans hope that data indicating voters prefer the GOP over Democrats will give them a boost in the 2026 elections. There are now more registered Republicans than Democrats in North Carolina,

It's the year of midterm elections, and voting is getting underway for North Carolina's 2026 primary election.

Progressive advocacy groups seized on those cases and are now trying to turn them into a statewide morality play about voter suppression. Common Cause has promoted a claim that 30 percent of counties have less access this cycle, suggesting early voting is being “taken away,” especially from students.

According to the board, all absentee ballots must be received by the voter’s county board by 7:30 p.m. by the primary election, which is March 3.

Twelve counties have failed to reach a unanimous agreement on when and where to host early voting for the March primary election.

Newly-approved congressional maps will make many of North Carolina's 2026 races more uncompetitive, largely thanks to redistricting. WRAL's Ashley Rowe dives into political gerrymandering, how it will impact elections this year,

The dismissal ends the only challenge to the 2025 congressional map, after voters failed to bar it from being used in the 2026 midterms.

The proposed 2026 voting plans would affect only the March primaries. But they could indicate strategies to come for the November general election.

Some election board members cited proximity, logistics, and parking availability as some of the reasons to move away from college campuses.