2020 general election
North Carolina 13th District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$2.6M was spent on the 2020 North Carolina 13th District race: $2.5M raised by the campaigns, $818K of it from PACs, plus $125K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Ted Budd (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$2.6M
Raised by campaigns
$2.5M
PAC checks
$818K
Outside money
$125K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Ted BuddRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $2.3M
- Spent
- $1.3M
- From individuals
- $1.4M
- From PACs
- $814K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $125K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 35% of Budd's money came from PACs
Corporate $436K (51%)Trade group $186K (22%)Leadership PAC $96K (11%)Membership $56K (7%)Union $8K (1%)Super PAC $1K (0%)Other $68K (8%)
- House Freedom Fund Leadership PAC$64K
- Truist Financial Corporation Political Action Committee (Formerly Branch Bank and Trust Political Action Committee) Corporate$13K
- Visa, Inc. Corporate$12K
- Allstate Insurance Company Corporate$10K
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Corporate$10K
- National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies PAC Trade group$10K
- American Property Casualty Insurance Association Trade group$10K
- Pricewaterhousecoopers Political Action Committee I Other$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- Americans for Prosperity Action · $111K supporting
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $10K supporting
- House Freedom Fund · $3K supporting
- Grass Roots North Carolina/Forum for Firearms Educ Pol Victory Fund · $2K supporting
Scott HuffmanDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $194K
- Spent
- $191K
- From individuals
- $175K
- From PACs
- $4K
- From party
- $3K
- Own money & loans
- $3K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 2% of Huffman's money came from PACs
Super PAC $4K (100%)
- Way to Lead State Power Committee Super PAC$3K
- Indivisible Action Super PAC$1K
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 North Carolina 13th District race?
- $2.6M was spent on the 2020 North Carolina 13th District race: $2.5M raised by the campaigns, $818K of it from PACs, plus $125K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Ted Budd (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 North Carolina 13th District race?
- Ted Budd (Republican) raised $2.3M and had $125K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 North Carolina 13th District race?
- Americans for Prosperity Action ($111K), National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund ($10K), House Freedom Fund ($3K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 North Carolina 13th District race?
- House Freedom Fund gave $64K to Ted Budd; Truist Financial Corporation Political Action Committee (Formerly Branch Bank and Trust Political Action Committee) gave $13K to Ted Budd; Visa, Inc. Political Action Committee gave $12K to Ted Budd.