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North Carolina's 13th District

Paul Barringer (D)vsBrad Knott (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+8 · Incumbent: Brad Knott (R)

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Brad Knott favored88%

Very likely for Brad Knott: a 88 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+8
  • Incumbent:Brad Knott (R)
  • District:13 of 14 in North Carolina
  • Odds:Knott 88%
  • Margin:Knott +8.8, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Knott +8.8

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Knott +8.8
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Knott +16.7 to Knott +0.9 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Knott +8.8 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Barringer ahead is positive, Knott ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

Reading the history

▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+8, worth 13.9 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Brad Knott, running again, worth 4.8 points), and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Knott +8.8 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Brad Knott (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Paul Barringer (D) vs Brad Knott (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 41.4, Republican 58.6. Knott by 17.2.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 50.9, Harris 47.6. Trump by 3.2.
Lean
R+8 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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