Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · North Carolina's 9th District

2 candidates on the ballot.1,2,3

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Richard N. Ojeda II
Democratic Party · Challenger
Richard Hudson
Republican Party · Incumbent
Currently represents North Carolina's 9th District in the U.S. House.

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Richard N. Ojeda IIRichard Hudson
Party on the ballotDemocratic Party1,2,3Republican Party1,2,3
StatusChallengerIncumbent4
Raised$2,930,069 through October 14, 20265$4,173,708 through October 14, 20266
Cash on hand$45,5725$925,9766
Outside spending$1,335 for · $0 against7$4,860 for · $365,945 against8
Abortion law
Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
His campaign website's Ensuring Quality Healthcare page, under a heading on reproductive freedom, says he would codify Roe v. Wade and protect the right to choose.9		His campaign website's Life page says he is pro-life and backs legislation to protect life beginning at conception and continuing until natural death. It also says he defends the ban on partial-birth abortions and championed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.10
Health insurance systemHis campaign website's Ensuring Quality Healthcare page says healthcare is a right that should be about people rather than profits, and that he would invest in Medicaid, Medicare and hospitals so families can get care without crushing debt.9His campaign website's Health Care page says a remaining priority is dismantling the Affordable Care Act's top-down, government-heavy approach. It lists principles for reform: keep consumer protections, including for people with pre-existing conditions; give assistance to people without employer coverage to buy insurance; strengthen health savings accounts and allow them with high-deductible plans; and increase price transparency.11
Asylum rulesHis campaign website's Immigration page says he wants an immigration process that functions for asylum seekers, refugees, and families who are waiting after following the legal rules.12His campaign website's Protecting Our Border and Community page says he wants to reinstate border policies it says have worked, such as Remain in Mexico.13
Veterans' disability and survivor benefitsHis campaign website's Fighting for Veterans page says he would resist any effort to reduce military pensions or disability benefits for veterans.14His campaign website's Veterans page says he worked to give veterans exposed to toxic burn pits more access to the VA.15

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Richard N. Ojeda II — 13 issues
  • Birth control and IVF
    His campaign website's Ensuring Quality Healthcare page says he would protect access to birth control as well as to cancer screenings and prenatal care.9
  • Who sets abortion law
    A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
    His campaign website's Ensuring Quality Healthcare page says he would write Roe v. Wade into federal law.9
  • Federal minimum wage
    His campaign website's Standing Up for Working Families page says he supports raising the federal minimum wage so that people who work full time are not left in poverty.16
  • Union fees and right-to-work laws
    His campaign website's Standing Up for Working Families page says right-to-work laws should be repealed, saying they weaken unions and keep wages low.16
  • Student loan forgiveness
    Add targeted relief, such as more forgiveness for public service workers or through income-based repayment
    His campaign website's Protecting Education page says he would expand loan forgiveness for public servants, strengthen financial aid and crack down on predatory lending.17
  • US Department of Education
    Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
    His campaign website's Protecting Education page says he would defend the Department of Education and public schools and would fight efforts to dismantle the department. It also says he would seek federal funding for rural schools.17
  • Selling or transferring federal lands
    Keep federal lands in federal ownership
    His campaign website's Environment page says he opposes privatizing national lands and would vote against attempts to sell public land.18
  • Medicaid expansion
    His campaign website's Ensuring Quality Healthcare page says he will push to expand Medicaid in North Carolina and fight to keep the people who rely on it covered. Its Investing in North Carolina page says he would work to expand Medicaid and keep rural hospitals open.9,19
  • Immigration enforcement inside the country
    His campaign website's Immigration page says he would replace ICE with a different immigration enforcement system that is lawful, accountable, transparent and subject to oversight, and that people who commit violent crimes should be removed.12
  • Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers
    His campaign website's Immigration page says people who have lived and worked in the country for decades, raised families and broken no other laws should be offered a path that includes accountability instead of a permanent underclass.12
  • Social Security payroll tax cap
    His campaign website's home page lists raising the income cap among his Social Security policies. Its Saving Social Security page says wealthy people should pay their fair share and tax loopholes should be closed to keep the program fully funded.20,21
  • Social Security retirement age
    Keep it at 67
    His campaign website's Saving Social Security page says he opposes raising the retirement age and opposes privatizing the system.21
  • VA staffing
    Hire more VA staff, including to replace jobs lost in 2025
    His campaign website's Fighting for Veterans page says he would push to add VA facilities in North Carolina, hire more staff and reduce red tape so veterans do not wait months to be seen.14
Richard Hudson — 7 issues
  • Government funding and abortion
    His campaign website's Life page says he fought to preserve the Hyde Amendment, which it describes as barring the use of tax dollars to pay for abortions.10
  • Military spending
    His campaign website's Military & Soldiers page says he has helped rebuild the military, won pay raises for troops, with a focus on those in hazardous combat zones, and fought for more funding for troop training.22
  • Carry permits across state lines
    Require every state to accept other states' permits
    His campaign website's Protecting the 2nd Amendment page says he led the House to pass his Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act and continues to fight to expand concealed carry reciprocity so that law-abiding permit holders are not treated as criminals when crossing a state line.23
  • Rules for gun accessories and parts
    His campaign website's Protecting the 2nd Amendment page says he has led efforts against ATF regulations on pistol stabilizing braces, which it says would make felons of millions of people, including disabled combat veterans.23
  • Prescribed medication to end life for the terminally ill
    Don't allow it
    His campaign website's Life page says he opposes legislation to legalize euthanasia.10
  • Border wall and barriers
    His campaign website's Protecting Our Border and Community page says the country must complete border security work with a wall and technology.13
  • Federal spending levels
    Cut overall federal spending
    His campaign website's Meet Richard page says he is working to cut federal spending, and its Cutting Spending page says Washington has a spending problem rather than a revenue problem and that he has pledged not to increase taxes.24,25

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.