Politician
Deborah Ross
Democrat · North Carolina · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent
FEC candidate H0NC02125
Deborah Ross (Democrat) raised $2.0M for the 2026 North Carolina 2nd District race, $837K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$8.4M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
31%
$2.6M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$3K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$0
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | North Carolina 2nd District | $2.0M | 41% | $0 / $0 | $66K | $2.0M | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | North Carolina 2nd District | $1.9M | 40% | $923 / $0 | – | $1.9M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | North Carolina 2nd District | $2.1M | 29% | $2K / $0 | – | $2.1M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | North Carolina 2nd District | $2.3M | 17% | $0 / $0 | – | $2.3M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $982KUnion $514KMembership $317KTrade group $300KOther $152KLeadership PAC $107KSuper PAC $30KParty $810
- American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)MembershipLobbyist PAC$40K
- Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoinersUnionLobbyist PAC$28K
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political EducationUnion$25K
- American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action CommitteeUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- PAC to the FutureLeadership PAC$15K
- Kellanova Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$11K
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association PACUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- Air Line Pilots Association PACUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- Live Oak Bank Political Action CommitteeCorporate$10K
- American Physical Therapy Association Physical Therapy Political Action Committee (Pt-PAC)MembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
- Applied Research Associates, Inc. Political Action Committee (Arapac)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Ncaat in Actionfor $3K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 19 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 6 times (32%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $7K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | $287K | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $555K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $176K$0 | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $176K | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $43K | Nay · against |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $555K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $7K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $0$88K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $88K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $88K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $17K | Nay · against |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $17K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $17K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $7K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $310K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $555K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $7K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $17K | Nay · against |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $77K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $0$310K$88K | Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $310K | Yea · against |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $555K | Yea · with industry |
Household disclosures
28 reported transactions, with volume $287K–$1.0M
Reconciled electronic STOCK Act reports from 8 filings since 2021, covering all reported asset types and transactions by a spouse or dependent child. 19 buys, 8 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($115K+), wall street and hedge funds ($30K+), telecom and media ($15K+).
Most traded
- SPY SPDR S&P 500$50K+1 trades
- AAPL Apple Inc.$15K+1 trades
- FB Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A$15K+1 trades
- NEO Neogenomics, Inc.$15K+1 trades
- ALB Albemarle Corporation$15K+1 trades
- DIS Walt Disney Company$15K+1 trades
- AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.$15K+1 trades
- GOOGL Alphabet Inc. - Class A$15K+1 trades
Latest trades
- sellMSFT2024-04-17 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellMSFT2023-04-10 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellMSFT2023-02-01 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellMSFT2023-01-30 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- exchangeU2022-11-07 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
- sellMSFT2022-01-27 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellMSFT2022-01-21 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
- sellMSFT2022-01-04 · stock · joint$1K–$15K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
The revolving door
2 former aides now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Deborah Ross's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.
John ManchesterFormer congressional staff
Research Fellow for Congresswoman Deborah Ross.
Now lobbies for Chamber Of Commerce Of The U.S.A., News Corporation
Graham EislerFormer congressional staff
Intern, Congresswoman Deborah Ross; Intern, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Now lobbies for Exiger · via Williams And Jensen, Pllc
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Deborah Ross's 2026 campaign?
- Deborah Ross (Democrat) raised $2.0M for the 2026 North Carolina 2nd District race, $837K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Deborah Ross?
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC ($10K), Air Line Pilots Association PAC ($10K), American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC) ($10K), Live Oak Bank Political Action Committee ($10K), American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E ($10K) in 2026.
- How much has Deborah Ross raised across elections?
- $2.0M in 2026, $1.9M in 2024, $2.1M in 2022, $2.3M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.