Gregory F. Murphy
RIncumbentFEC H0NC03172
Sign in + take the quiz to see alignment.
Raised this cycle$2.9M
Cash on hand: $2.3M
2026 race
NC-03 — U.S. House
3 candidates on the November ballot. Incumbent: Gregory F. Murphy.
Read the record. Not the rhetoric.
See where these candidates stand — and who's funding them.
DeepSyte tracks the money and the record in every race against the issues you care about — not party, not press releases. Take the 2-minute values quiz to see your alignment.
How we got here · 2 earlier contests
Election held
Counting
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Results appear here once a race is called and verified. Official returns from the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Make sure you can vote
Disclosed money in race
$3.9M
Candidate + outside spending. See finance breakdown below.
Incumbent
Currently in office
Challengers
Sorted by fundraising
Raymond Smith
DChallengerFEC H6NC03229
Sign in + take the quiz to see alignment.
Raised this cycle$367K
Cash on hand: $44K
Daniel Cavender
IChallengerFEC H6NC03237
Sign in + take the quiz to see alignment.
Raised this cycle$0
Cash on hand: $0
Local signal
Early read on NC-03 — U.S. House
A directional read on where this seat is trending, from the signals we have so far. This is an early scaffold — more inputs light up as coverage and constituent activity accrue.
Coverage tone · the matchup
Recent news coverage of the nominees heading to the general election.
Gregory F. Murphylimited coverage
No coverage in our tracked outlets in the last 90 days.
Raymond Smithmixed
0 pos1 neutral0 neg1 articles
A media signal, not a poll of the district.
Constituent stakes
No one here has staked a position on a tracked vote yet. As neighbors weigh in on /pressure campaigns, the district's lean will show up here.
Money in the race
Finance breakdown
Disclosed funding shaping this race — both the money candidates raise themselves and the outside spending dropped by independent groups. Issue-ad spending by 501(c)(4) groups is excluded; the FEC doesn't require disclosure of it. See the note below for details.
Candidate fundraising: FEC reports through October 14, 2026 · 2025–26 cycle
Total disclosed
$3.9M
Candidate fundraising + independent expenditures (FEC).
Candidate-direct (Schedule A)
$3.6M
Raised by candidate committees themselves.
Outside spending (Schedule E)
$327K
$126 for · $327K against
| Candidate | Raised directly | Outside for | Outside against | Net in corner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gregory F. Murphy(R)incumbent − AB PAC $327K | $2.9M | — | $327K | $2.6M |
Raymond Smith(D) + RED WINE AND BLUE $126 | $367K | $126 | — | $367K |
Daniel Cavender(L) | $0 | — | — | $0 |
2 defeated candidates — show finances
| Candidate | Raised directly | Outside for | Outside against | Net in corner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Allison Jaslow(D)defeated | $274K | — | — | $274K |
Chris Schulte(D)defeated | $54K | — | — | $54K |
Where the money comes from
In-state vs out-of-state
Share of each candidate's itemized individual contributions from donors inside NC versus the rest of the country. Excludes sub-$200 unitemized donations (no geography on file) and PAC money — see note below.
Gregory F. Murphy(R)54% in-state · $1.3M itemized
$683K in-state$578K out-of-state
Raymond Smith(D)75% in-state · $108K itemized
$81K in-state$27K out-of-state
2 defeated candidates — show
Allison Jaslow(D)defeated9% in-state · $204K itemized
$19K in-state$185K out-of-state
Chris Schulte(D)defeated94% in-state · $24K itemized
$23K in-state$1K out-of-state
What's counted, what isn't
Candidate-direct is each campaign's reported receipts on FEC Schedule A — individual contributions plus PAC contributions to the candidate's own committee — through the most recent filing.
Outside spending is independent expenditures on FEC Schedule E: money spent by PACs, super PACs, and party committees for or against a candidate, without legal coordination with the campaign. The committees listed under each candidate are the largest disclosed spenders on either side.
In-state vs out-of-state covers only itemized individual contributions — donations over $200, which are the only ones that carry a contributor address at the FEC. Sub-$200 unitemized donations (often a large share for grassroots campaigns) have no geography on file and are excluded, as is PAC money. So the percentages describe where a candidate's itemized individual money comes from, not where every dollar raised comes from.
Not counted: 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations run issue ads that frequently mention candidates by name but aren't classified as express advocacy under FEC rules — they file no Schedule E and don't appear in this breakdown. Press reporting on a race may cite figures that include this dark-money spending; ours doesn't.
Recent coverage
In the news
About this race page
Candidate roster is sourced from the FEC's active-candidate list for the 2026 cycle. Fundraising totals reflect committee filings through the last reporting period.
Alignment % compares the candidate's extracted policy positions against your quiz answers. Positions are pulled from the candidate's campaign issues page by AI; we save the source quote for each position so you can verify the extraction. Candidates without a campaign issues page show position data pending — we're working through the roster and re-checking stale extractions every 90 days.
News coverage is from the GDELT 2.0 global news feed, filtered to a curated list of national, political, and regional outlets.