2026 forecast · North Carolina 7th

David Rouzer is all but certain to win North Carolina's 7th District.

Kim Hardy vs David Rouzer. The model has Rouzer ahead by 11.9 points, winning 97 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +11.9Polls R +2.0Updated October 22, 2026
Kim Hardy
Democrat
43.1%
135,974 projected votes
David Rouzer
Republican
55.1%
173,610 projected votes
97%Rouzer
3%Hardy
Rouzer all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Rouzer wins about 97 of 100
RatingLikely R97% chance for Rouzer
Model marginR +11.9Polls R +2.0
80 percent rangeR +4.2 to R +19.72,000 simulations
Projected votes315,332Rouzer 55.1%

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

Kim HardyDemocrat · 3% to win
43.1%
David RouzerRepublican · 97% to win
55.1%

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

315,332 votes
CandidateVotesShare
David Rouzer R173,61055.1%
Kim Hardy D135,97443.1%
Maad Abu-Ghazalah L5,7471.8%
Total315,332100%

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%3% Hardy97% Rouzer15 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
Rouzer +11.9
Chance of winning
Kim Hardy3%
David Rouzer97%
Simulated vote
Kim Hardy43.1%
David Rouzer55.1%
Maad Abu-Ghazalah1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +14.0
FundamentalsR +12.4
With pollsR +12.3
Early vote turnoutD +0.4
With early voteR +11.9

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 +17R +17Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +14.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +12.4With pollsaverage R +2.0R +12.3With early voteturnout so farR +11.9
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.