This district leans Republican. Don Davis, a Democrat, has taken $1,586,573 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Laurie Buckhout, a Republican, shows a record of donations linked to AIPAC, but the exact amount is still being confirmed.
Key issues in North Carolina
Major issues facing North Carolina, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
Rising prices and affordability — Affordability tops voter concerns across age groups, from groceries and gas to health care costs.
Electric rate hikes — Duke Energy seeks large rate increases while voters worry data centers will push bills even higher.
Hurricane Helene recovery — Two years after Helene, housing rebuilding lags badly while water and infrastructure projects continue.
Immigration enforcement — A 2025 law requires sheriffs to cooperate with federal agents, fueling lawsuits and community tension.
Social Security and Medicare — Older voters rank the future of Social Security and Medicare among their most pressing election concerns.
AIPAC-linked $1,586,573FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC PAC and AIPAC-routed contributions, career 2022-2026. Source: FEC filings via FundVoter.
Other routed $25K23 donors via conduit
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$4,287,386 raised · $987,862 spent · $3,570,366 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Make life more affordable, expand opportunity, and deliver real results for eastern North Carolina.
FEC campaign finance data through Jun 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
Don Davis D
Laurie Buckhout R
Raised
$4.3M
$3.8M
Individuals
$2.2M52%
$557K15%
PACs & parties
$1.5M36%
$352K9%
Self-funded
$0
$2.4M63%
Other
$546K13%
$482K13%
AIPAC-linked*
$1.6M
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Outside spending†
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* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Don Davis1801 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$4.3M
Campaign spent$988K
Cash on hand$3.6M
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals52%
PACs / committees36%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
Total routed through conduits$25K
Share of individual giving1.1%
Other$25K
Individuals gave through these conduits. Conduit is routing layer, not legal donor. General platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are payment processors, not networks. How conduits work →
Leadership PAC$12K
Individual$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Labor PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Labor PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
Labor PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Membership PAC$10K
Labor PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
Corporate PAC$10K
PAC$10K
Cooperative PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Membership PAC$10K
Trade association PAC$10K
Labor PAC$10K
Leadership PAC$10K
AIPAC's PAC$10K
Membership PAC$9K
Corporate PAC$9K
Trade association PAC$9K
Individual$8K
Membership PAC$8K
Trade association PAC$8K
Leadership PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Corporate PAC$8K
Showing the 50 biggest of 1801 donors. The other 1751 gave $2.9M combined.
Plus $353K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.
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