2026 forecast · North Carolina 10th

Pat Harrigan is all but certain to win North Carolina's 10th District.

Ashley Bell vs Pat Harrigan. The model has Harrigan ahead by 17.4 points, winning 99 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +17.4Polls R +2.0Updated October 22, 2026
Ashley Bell
Democrat
40.4%
126,972 projected votes
Pat Harrigan
Republican
57.8%
181,867 projected votes
99%Harrigan
1%Bell
Harrigan all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Harrigan wins about 99 of 100
RatingSafe R99% chance for Harrigan
Model marginR +17.4Polls R +2.0
80 percent rangeR +9.9 to R +25.42,000 simulations
Projected votes314,576Harrigan 57.8%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

North Carolina districts

14 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Ashley BellDemocrat · 1% to win
40.4%
Pat HarriganRepublican · 99% to win
57.8%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

314,576 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Pat Harrigan R181,86757.8%
Ashley Bell D126,97240.4%
Steve Feldman L5,7371.8%
Total314,576100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%1% Bell99% Harrigan15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +2.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Harrigan +17.4
Chance of winning
Ashley Bell1%
Pat Harrigan99%
Simulated vote
Ashley Bell40.4%
Pat Harrigan57.8%
Steve Feldman1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +18.0
FundamentalsR +17.9
With pollsR +17.8
Early vote turnoutD +0.4
With early voteR +17.4

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in North Carolina, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +22R +22Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +18.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +17.9With pollsaverage R +2.0R +17.8With early voteturnout so farR +17.4
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.