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U.S. House, District 3: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Raymond Smith

Raymond Smith

Running for U.S. House · North Carolina District 3

NationalDemocrat

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Greg Murphy

Greg Murphy

U.S. House · North Carolina District 3

NationalRepublican

Raymond SmithCandidateGreg MurphyCurrent rep

Job fit

Raymond Smith

Other work

  • Transportation planner 1
  • Teacher and football coach 1

Greg Murphy

Education

  • Murphy graduated magna cum laude from Davidson College 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Raymond Smith

  • Health care costs
    Campaign platform says he 'will work to build a healthcare system that brings down costs, expands access, and makes quality care affordable for more people,' expanding rural access. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    In a candidate questionnaire, says he'll 'fight to lower everyday costs, strengthen wages, protect workers' rights, invest in small businesses and make sure big corporations... pay their fair share.' 4

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety, Immigration, Climate & energy

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Greg Murphy

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

Raymond Smith

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Greg Murphy

  • Immigration → A tighter border and stricter enforcement (24 of 24 votes) 5
  • Politicians who play by the rules → Stronger ethics rules (17 of 17 votes) 5
  • Crime & safety → Tougher sentences and more police (10 of 10 votes) 5

Who pays them

Raymond Smith

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donors
small donors$71Klarge donors$116K$214K raised
$70,5206Small individual donors
$115,6336Large individual donors

Greg Murphy

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$29Klarge donors$983Kcompanies$353Kindustryassociations$290Kmembershiporganizations$129KOther kinds ofdonors$247K$2.1M raised
$28,7217Small individual donors
$982,9167Large individual donors

Checks

Raymond Smith

No voting record to check yet

Greg Murphy

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 1 since 2021. 8

🚩 Missed 12.9% of votes in Congress — the chamber's usual rate is 1.9%. 9

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. Dr. Raymond E. Smith for Congress · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. About Greg | Congressman Greg Murphy · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. raymondsmithfornc.com used in: Top issues
  4. newsobserver.com used in: Top issues
  5. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  8. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2021-01-28 used in: Checks
  9. GovTrack · 119th Congress used in: Checks
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Candidate A

Daniel Cavender

Libertarian

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

Sources

1 Background: Daniel Cavender | BallotReady · checked 2026-10-19

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Raymond Smith
Candidate B

Raymond Smith

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $214K raised, 54% from large donors, 12% from organized interests. Group breakdown unavailable. The filed PAC total is known, but its givers have not been identified here.
Filed PAC total: $26,250.00 (12% of $213,502.61 raised), 2026 cycle. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections.

Sources

1 Background: Dr. Raymond E. Smith for Congress · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

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Greg Murphy
Candidate C

Greg Murphy

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $2.1M raised, 46% from large donors, 49% 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: $1,037,799.00 (49% of $2,115,903.57 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,019,448.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 1 since 2021.

🚩 Missed 12.9% of votes in Congress — the chamber's usual rate is 1.9%.

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 Background: About Greg | Congressman Greg Murphy · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2021-01-28

4 Attendance: GovTrack · 119th Congress

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

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