Congressional races worth watching in central NC

Judith Retana
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Super Tuesday is well underway with a laundry list of candidates hoping to win primary races.

North Carolina lawmakers redrew congressional voting maps last year causing a shake up for candidates in some districts.

Of note is the Congressional District 13 race. The district is currently represented by Democratic Congressman Wiley Nickel. Nickel announced he would not seek reelection after voting maps were redrawn to heavily favor Republicans in that district. While only one Democrat is running for the seat, a pool of 14 Republicans hope to win the primary.

Below are candidates for the major congressional races that CBS 17 is keeping an eye on for the primary.

District 1

Republican:

  • Sandy Smith

  • Laurie Buckout

Democrat:

  • Don Davis (unopposed incumbent)

District 2

Republican:

  • Eugene F. Douglass

  • Robert Morales Vergara

  • Alan D. Swain

Democrat:

  • Deborah Ross (incumbent)

  • Michael Camero

District 4

Republican:

  • Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar

  • Eric Blankenburg

Democrat:

  • Valerie Foushee (unopposed incumbent)

District 13

Republican:

  • Kelly Daughtry

  • Marcus Dellinger

  • David Dixon

  • Brad Knott

  • Steve A. (Von) Loor

  • Josh McConkey

  • James Phillips

  • Siddhanth Sharma

  • Matt Shoemaker

  • Eric Stevenson

  • Fred Von Canon

  • Kenny Xu

  • Chris Baker

  • DeVan Barbour

Democrat

  • Frank Pierce (unopposed)

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