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House District 103

Mecklenburg County · 2026
Likely D
Partisan baseline (2024)
D+14.4
runs 16.1 pts more Democratic than NC overall · moving toward Democrats since 2018
2024 result
D+16.2
won by Budd (D)
Rep. Laura Budd
Democrat · Incumbent
  • Attorney representing part of Mecklenburg County in the NC House.
  • Has served in the House since January 2023 and earned her law degree from the Wake Forest School of Law.
campaign site
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No major party opponent
Republican · 2026
  • No Republican is on the November ballot for this seat.

Election night results

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Live returns and a precinct map for this race on Nov. 3.

Early voting

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Ballots cast so far in this district, in person and by mail. Updated every morning.

Who lives here

The people of House District 103, from the Census American Community Survey (2020-2024). The dark tick on each bar marks North Carolina overall.

Median household income
$114,449
NC
▲ vs NC · NC $75k
Bachelor's degree or higher
61%
NC
▲ vs NC · NC 36%
Poverty rate
6%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 13%
Homeownership
58%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 67%
Unemployment
4.1%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 4.7%
Uninsured rate
7%
NC
▼ vs NC · NC 10%
Top communities: Charlotte 79% · Pineville 14% · Matthews 7%

Who registers vs. who votes

Each group's share of registered voters against its share of those who actually voted in 2024. About 65k voters are registered here; 45,497 voted in 2024.

White
66%
68%
Black
14%
13%
Hispanic
7.1%
6.2%
Asian
7.5%
7.7%
American Indian
0.6%
0.6%
Other
5.0%
4.1%
Registered (2024)Voted (2024)
Voter race and ethnicity are self-reported at registration; voters without a designation (8% here) are excluded from the voted-side shares. Source: NCSBE voter file, 2024.

How this seat has moved

Actual result (solid)MRPI composite (dashed)Shaded = midterm

How far this district swings

Across these cycles the Democratic share of the two-party vote here has ranged from 56% to 58%.

Precinct detail

12 precincts.

About this seat

HD-103 is rated Likely D from its 2024 partisan baseline of D+14.4. Districts this far from even are not competitive in a typical cycle - the outcome tracks the district’s underlying partisanship rather than individual campaigns. Democrats have gained 1.4 points of vote share here since 2018, moving the seat’s two-way margin 2.8 points their way.

Campaign money

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Budd (D) $35K cashNo Republican on the ballot
Budd (D) is unopposed by a Republican and holds $35K cash on hand. Raised this cycle: $56K. No Republican is on the November ballot here, so no committee reports on that side.
Actual legislative results, observed except where marked · NCSBE 2018–2024 · boundaries: Redistricting Data Hub (redistrictingdatahub.org) · demographics: Census ACS 2020–2024 · voter file: NCSBE
Data as of October 29, 2026 · campaign finance last refreshed August 20, 2026
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