North Carolina 7th District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

R★David RouzerIncumbent
$2.53M
+$0 for · $391 against
DKim Hardy
$390K
+$5K for

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
David Rouzer	R	$2,534,038	$0	$391	0%
Kim Hardy	D	$390,475	$5,455	$0	16%

$2.92M

Raised by candidates

$2.64M

Spent by candidates

$6K

Outside spending

2 spenders · + $151K in 24/48-hour notices (may overlap; not included)

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
David Rouzer (R)	$2.53M^†	$781K	$1.21M	0%	52%	$2.27M^†	619
Kim Hardy (D)	$390K^†	$284K	$911	16%	65%	$370K^†	307

† The FEC's official total. Poliscope's figure disagreed (usually a report it has not loaded yet), so the other columns for that candidate may cover an earlier period.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.Provisional

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
RURAL FREEDOM NETWORK C00647966	Kim Hardy	Support	$5K 5 filings		—
RURAL FREEDOM NETWORK C00647966	David Rouzer	Oppose	$391 2 filings		—

Candidates

David Rouzer

R★ Republican · Incumbent

Raised: $2.53M
Small-dollar: 0%
In-state: 52%
Outside for / against: $0 / $391

Backed byStephen Schwarzman AIPAC Crypto super PACs The NRA Union PAC Realtors PAC Traded stocks in office Trades overlapping lobbying+1 more

Kim Hardy

D Democrat

Raised: $390K
Small-dollar: 16%
In-state: 65%
Outside for / against: $5K / $0

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.