Riding profile

NC-4

US House district — NC · Mixed · us nc

The question

NC-4: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
55.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 77.9%

    Valerie Foushee incumbent

  • Republican 22.1%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereNC-4 77.9%22.1%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +23.6 44.9% −22.8

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

NC-4, a mixed riding in NC, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 46-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 78% vote share, against 22% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

FOUSHEE, VALERIE

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Mar 3, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

Valerie P. Foushee 49.2%

61,776 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Foushee, Valerie

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
45.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+10.3 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026