2026 forecast · North Carolina 13th

Brad Knott is favored to win North Carolina's 13th District.

Paul Barringer vs Brad Knott. The model has Knott ahead by 6.7 points, winning 84 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +6.7Updated October 22, 2026
Paul Barringer
Democrat
45.7%
144,047 projected votes
Brad Knott
Republican
52.5%
165,200 projected votes
84%Knott
16%Barringer
Knott favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Knott wins about 84 of 100
RatingLikely R84% chance for Knott
Model marginR +6.7No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +1.9 to R +15.02,000 simulations
Projected votes314,974Knott 52.4%

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

Paul BarringerDemocrat · 16% to win
45.7%
Brad KnottRepublican · 84% to win
52.5%

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

314,974 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Brad Knott R165,20052.4%
Paul Barringer D144,04745.7%
Steven Swinton L5,7271.8%
Total314,974100%

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%16% Barringer84% Knott15 updates agoToday

Polling

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

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

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
Knott +6.7
Chance of winning
Paul Barringer16%
Brad Knott84%
Simulated vote
Paul Barringer45.7%
Brad Knott52.5%
Steven Swinton1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +16.0
FundamentalsR +7.2
With pollsR +7.1
Early vote turnoutD +0.4
With early voteR +6.7

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 +19R +19Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +16.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +7.2With pollsno pollsR +7.1With early voteturnout so farR +6.7
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.