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U.S. House, District 2: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Eugene F. Douglass

Eugene F. Douglass

Running for U.S. House · North Carolina District 2

NationalRepublican

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Deborah K. Ross

Deborah K. Ross

U.S. House · North Carolina District 2

NationalDemocrat

Eugene F. DouglassCandidateDeborah K. RossCurrent rep

Job fit

Eugene F. Douglass

Other work

  • I am a retired chemist and college professor. 1

Education

  • Doctorate from N.C. State. 1

Deborah K. Ross

Education

  • She graduated from law school at UNC-Chapel Hill 2

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

Eugene F. Douglass

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Deborah K. Ross

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 3
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (3 of 3 votes) 3

Who pays them

Eugene F. Douglass

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Deborah K. Ross

Where the campaign money came from4

small donorslarge donorscompanieslabor unionsindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$65Klarge donors$893Kcompanies$323Klabor unions$116Kindustryassociations$96KOther kinds ofdonors$139K$1.7M raised
$65,3664Small individual donors
$893,0064Large individual donors

Checks

Eugene F. Douglass

No voting record to check yet

Deborah K. Ross

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 7 since 2021. 5

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Congressional District 2: Eugene Douglass | 2026 Questionnaire · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. About | Representative Deborah Ross · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  4. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  5. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2022-11-30 used in: Checks
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Eugene F. Douglass
Candidate A

Eugene F. Douglass

RepublicanShown above

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Congressional District 2: Eugene Douglass | 2026 Questionnaire · checked 2026-10-19

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Deborah K. Ross
Candidate B

Deborah K. Ross

DemocratShown above

🚩 $1.7M raised, 52% from large donors, 40% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $685,800.00 (40% of $1,703,367.08 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $673,050.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 7 since 2021.

Their votes pushed for: cutting pollution and moving to clean energy, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 Background: About | Representative Deborah Ross · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2022-11-30

4 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Matthew Laszacs
Candidate C

Matthew Laszacs

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Matthew Laszacs - Libertarian Party · checked 2026-10-19

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