NC’s redrawn 1st District is most expensive race in US

North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District has become the most expensive House race on record, according to new ad spending data shared this week. 

Democratic Rep. Don Davis (N.C.) is fighting for reelection in the newly redrawn district against GOP challenger Laurie Buckhout, a retired Army colonel. 

A striking $52.9 million has been spent on the race so far, making it the most expensive House general election in the country’s history, according to AdImpact. 

Nearly $30 million of this grand total has gone toward supporting the Democratic incumbent in the race, while the GOP nominee has received just more than $23 million in political ads. 

Polling has indicated a tight match-up in the district, which was redrawn in a GOP-led effort to secure another seat for Republicans in the House. The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, rates the race as a “toss-up.”

In 2024, the 1st District House........

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