The DC Digest - 2024 Election Update 🗳

Below is a quick take from federal races in North Carolina following yesterday’s election. In the coming days and weeks, we will provide additional analysis of the policy implications for Duke as a result of the election.

You can join us next week on Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. for a briefing on Zoom with our colleagues from Duke State Relations exploring in more detail what these results imply for higher education policy.

North Carolina in the U.S. Congress

There are some notable changes to the North Carolina delegation in the U.S. Congress. The current delegation in the House of Representatives has 14 members, seven Republican and seven Democrats. Based on the new district maps and current election results, we expect the delegation to now be made up of 10 Republicans and four Democrats.

For Duke, Valerie Foushee (D-NC) won her election last night and will continue representing the 4th Congressional District and Duke University.

House members reelected for another term include:

2nd Congressional District: Deborah Ross (D-NC)
3rd Congressional District: Greg Murphy (R-NC)
5th Congressional District: Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
7th Congressional District: David Rouzer (D-NC)
9th Congressional District: Richard Hudson (R-NC)*
11th Congressional District: Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
12th Congressional District: Alma Adams (D-NC)

*Rep. Hudson previously served in the 8th district before district maps changed.

At the time of this writing, the race for Don Davis (NC-01) has yet to be officially called by the Associated Press. He is currently leading with 99 percent of the votes counted.

This is the second election in a row to see five new members join the North Carolina delegation.

Filling open seats are the following new members of the House of Representatives:

6th Congressional District: Addison McDowell (R-NC)
8th Congressional District: Mark Harris (R-NC)
10th Congressional District: Pat Harrigan (R-NC)
13th Congressional District: Brad Knott (R-NC)
14th Congressional District: Tim Moore (R-NC)

North Carolina U.S. Senate seats were not up for election this year. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Ted Budd (R-NC) will continue to serve in the Senate.

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Duke Alumni in the 119th Congress

Alumna Angela Alsobrooks T'93 (D-MD) is the newest Duke alum to serve in Congress after winning her race in the Senate.

Four Duke alumni currently serving in Congress were re-elected and will return for the 119th Congress. In the House, Scott Peters T’80 (D-CA) won is reelection and at the time of this writing, the race for the seat of Mike Levin L’05 (D-CA) is yet to be called.

Senators Rand Paul M‘88 (R-KY) and Shelley Moore Capito T ‘75 (R-WV) did not face reelection and will maintain their seats.

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