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The District 14 field
Five candidates are running in North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District race ahead of the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. The field includes three Democrats — Brent Caldwell, Ahmid Kargbo and Lakesha Womack — and two Republicans — incumbent Tim Moore and Kate Barr.
The race is contested because multiple candidates are seeking the District 14 seat. It includes competition between the two party labels as well as multiple candidates associated with each party. Moore is the only candidate in the field identified as the incumbent, meaning he currently holds the office.
The winner of the 2026 general election will represent District 14 in the U.S. House. The five names, two party labels and presence of an incumbent define the contest at this stage of the election cycle.
The Democratic candidates
Brent Caldwell is running as a Democrat. He is one of three Democratic candidates in the District 14 field and is seeking the same House seat as Ahmid Kargbo, Lakesha Womack, Tim Moore and Kate Barr.
Ahmid Kargbo is also running as a Democrat. His candidacy places him in a three-person Democratic field with Caldwell and Womack, as well as in the broader five-candidate District 14 contest.
Lakesha Womack is the third Democrat running in the race. She joins Caldwell and Kargbo under the Democratic label and is one of the five candidates seeking to represent the congressional district.
Together, Caldwell, Kargbo and Womack make up the Democratic side of the listed field. Each is a separate candidate for the same congressional office.
The Republican candidates
Tim Moore is running as a Republican and is the incumbent in District 14. He is one of two Republican candidates in the race and one of five candidates overall seeking the seat in the 2026 election.
Kate Barr is also running as a Republican. She shares the Republican label with Moore and is part of the same five-candidate field that includes Democrats Caldwell, Kargbo and Womack.
Moore’s incumbent status distinguishes him from the other four candidates, but it does not make the race uncontested. Barr gives the Republican side more than one candidate, while the Democratic side has three.
What is contested
The central choice is who will hold the District 14 seat after the 2026 election. The field spans both major party labels and includes more than one candidate identified with each party, so the contest is not limited to a single Democrat and a single Republican at this point.
The next important process question is which candidates will appear on the final general election ballot. That ballot will set the choice before District 14 voters on Nov. 3, 2026.
Candidate filings and the final ballot lineup will clarify the structure of the race as Election Day approaches. Any changes to the field would affect the set of names voters ultimately consider, but the scheduled election date remains Nov. 3, 2026.
