Riding profile

NC-12

US House district — NC · Mixed · us nc

The question

NC-12: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
56.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 78.2%

    Alma Shealey Adams incumbent

  • Republican 21.8%

    John Jack Codiga

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-12 78.2%21.8%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +23.9 44.9% −23.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

NC-12, a mixed riding in NC, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 48-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

ADAMS, ALMA SHEALEY

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Mar 3, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

Alma Shealey Adams 78.9%

54,630 votes

Republican primary

Winner

Jack Codiga 67.4%

6,569 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Adams, Alma Shealey

  • Other Challenger

    Rabah, Ryan

  • Republican Challenger

    Codiga, John Jack

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
47.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+8.9 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026