Republican · North Carolina's 7th District · 2026
David Rouzer
Rouzer grew up in Durham and spent summers working on his family's farm near Four Oaks, helping pay his way through NC State.
Biography
David Rouzer's first Capitol Hill job involved climbing onto the roof to raise and lower the Senate flag.1 Raised in Durham, he spent summers on his family's farm outside Four Oaks, earning money that helped pay his college tuition.2 He graduated from North Carolina State University in 1994.3 He traces his interest in politics to a college program in the Czech Republic and conversations with a roommate who had lived behind the Iron Curtain.1
His career included working for Senators Jesse Helms and Elizabeth Dole and serving at the Agriculture Department in 2005 and 2006.3 At NC State, he worked as assistant to the dean and director of commodity relations in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.2 He also established a consulting and sales business focused largely on agriculture.2 He served in the state Senate from 2009 through 2012.3
Rouzer entered Congress in 2015 and currently serves on the Agriculture, Science, Space and Technology, and Transportation and Infrastructure committees.32 He chairs the Highways and Transit Subcommittee.2 He advocated for full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe, a measure enacted in December 2025.45
He supports increased domestic energy production, including offshore wind and sharing energy revenues to fund coastal infrastructure.6 In 2026, he has backed the Trump administration's border agenda, spending reductions and military rebuilding.7 He faces Democrat Kimberly Hardy in his campaign for another term.8