North Carolina House District 14 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Lakesha Womack won · 51.1% to 48.9% · Called by AP on Nov 5

Tim Moore (Republican) and Lakesha Womack (Democrat) are the nominees for North Carolina's 14th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Tim Moore is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Tim Moore's campaign had raised $2.1 million (through October 14, 2026) and Lakesha Womack's campaign $59,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $263,000 for Tim Moore and $0 against.

Tim Moore (REP, incumbent), Lakesha Womack (DEM). 2 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Tim Moore (REP, incumbent)

Raised
$2.1M through 2026-10-14 individuals $1.3M · PACs $634K · from the candidate's other committees $159K · cash on hand $1.1M
Outside spending
$263K supporting Moore · latest reported 2026-10-30
Largest outside spenders
GOPAC ELECTION FUND — $182K supporting Moore Largest donors: GOPAC INC $15.7M (61%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); GOPAC $3.2M (12%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); PROTECT AND SERVE PAC $1.5M (6%); PALMETTO ACTION $1.2M (5%); FRIENDS OF BYRON DONALDS PAC $500K (2%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS — $81K supporting Moore Largest donors: FAIRSHAKE $37.0M (>99%) (its largest donors: RIPPLE LABS INC. $48.0M, an organization; COINBASE $25.0M, an organization; COINBASE COMMERCE (EXCHANGE) $8.2M, an organization); RIPPLE LABS INC. $250K (1%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)
Bundled through PACs
$26K through 2 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $15K from 7 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC CLUB FOR GROWTH PAC — $10K from 3 gifts
165 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) $2,000
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC) $750
  • ALLY FINANCIAL INC. ADVOCACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $4,500
  • AMERICA'S MOUNTAIN PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $7,500
  • AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AXPPAC) $3,000
  • AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC $3,500
  • AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT TRS, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMH PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $4,500
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION TITLE INDUSTRY PAC (TIPAC) $2,000
  • AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • AMERICAN PRINCIPLES $500
  • AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) $2,000
  • AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION RESORT OWNERS COALITION PAC (ARDA-ROC PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUSING PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASA PAC) $3,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS PLASTYPAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC $6,000
  • AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMERIPRISEPAC) $1,000
  • ASIAN AMERICAN HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION PAC (AAHOA PAC) $2,500
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $3,500
  • BIPARTISAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION BIPAC/BNYMC $5,000
  • BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS INC. PAC $1,000
  • BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $5,000
  • BUILDING A REPUBLIC AMERICA DESERVES $2,500
  • CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND $1,000
  • CARNEY FOR MAYOR $500
  • CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) $2,500
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • CITIGROUP INC. PAC - FEDERAL (CITI PAC - FEDERAL) $4,000
  • CME GROUP INC. PAC $3,500
  • COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE COUNCIL PAC $1,000
  • COMMITTEE TO ELECT KRISTIN BAKER $1,000
  • COMMITTEE TO ELECT RAY PICKETT $500
  • CONSUMER BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • CORNING INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COREPAC) $1,000
  • CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC $2,500
  • CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PAC $1,000
  • CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $2,000
  • DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION PAC $10K
  • EBAY INC - COMMITTE FOR RESPONSIBL INTERNET COMMERCE $1,000
  • EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • ENACT HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENACT PAC) $2,000
  • ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EQUITABLE PAC) $1,500
  • ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
  • EXPERIAN NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXPERIAN PAC) $1,000
  • F.N.B. CORPORATION PAC $6,000
  • FEDERAL BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (PNC $2,000
  • FIFTH THIRD BANCORP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • FINSECA PAC $3,000
  • FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION PAC $2,000
  • FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES PAC) $2,500
  • FIRST IN FREEDOM PAC $2,500
  • FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
  • FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC) $2,500
  • FRIENDS OF KELLY HASTINGS $1,000
  • HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL INC PAC $2,500
  • HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND $4,000
  • HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HBI-PAC) $3,000
  • IN THE ARENA PAC $5,000
  • INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICBA PAC) $2,000
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $5,000
  • INTERNATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE FOR IMPROVEMENT AND BETTERMENT OF THE COUNTRY $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE GROUP GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $2,800
  • INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC) $4,500
  • JACKSON HOLDINGS LLC AND JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND $1,000
  • JAIME FOR NC $1,000
  • JM FAMILY ENTERPRISES, INC. $2,000
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • K&L GATES LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DC) $1,000
  • KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) $2,500
  • KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PAC $4,500
  • LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA HOLDINGS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • LIVE OAK BANK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
  • MAYNARD NEXSEN PAC $500
  • METLIFE INC. EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FUND A - FEDERAL ONLY $2,000
  • MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
  • MIZUHO AMERICAS GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND (MIZUHO AMERICAS PAC) $1,000
  • MORGAN STANLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
  • MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) $2,500
  • MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $10K
  • MVL PAC $2,500
  • NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC $2,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FKA) NATIONAL BROILER COUNCIL PAC $2,000
  • NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000
  • NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECH AND TRANSFORMATION CTR PAC (NMHC PAC) $2,000
  • NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $2,000
  • NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $3,000
  • NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) $1,000
  • NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC $1,000
  • NC FIRE PAC $500
  • NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE $4,000
  • NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NORTH CAROLINA COTTON PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE (NCCPAC) $2,500
  • NORTH CAROLINA PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC FKA VIRGINIA-CAROLINA'S PEANUT PAC $1,000
  • NORTH CAROLINA SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION NC SOYPAC $1,000
  • NUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • ONEMAIN HOLDINGS, INC. PAC $5,000
  • ONLINE LENDERS ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (OLA PAC) $1,000
  • PATRIOTS IN ACTION $2,500
  • PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PAC $1,000
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I $4,500
  • RAPTOR PAC $4,000
  • REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,500
  • REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC $5,000
  • REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC $1,000
  • REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC $2,000
  • ROBINHOOD MARKETS, INC. PAC $2,500
  • ROCKET PAC $2,000
  • RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
  • S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • SMALL BUSINESS INVESTOR ALLIANCE PAC $1,000
  • SOUTHEAST COTTON COMMITTEE (SECC) SOUTHERN COTTONGROWERS INC/SE COTTON GINNERS ASSN $1,000
  • SOUTHERN STATES PAC $1,000
  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC $2,500
  • STEPHEN ROSS COMMITTEE $1,000
  • SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
  • TD BANK US HOLDING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TD BANK PAC) $5,000
  • TEACHERS INSURANCE ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PAC (TIAA PAC) $5,000
  • TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTON $2,000
  • THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $1,000
  • THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,000
  • THE JOHN R BRADFORD III COMMITTEE $1,000
  • THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMPAC) $500
  • THE PREMIER, INC. EMPLOYEES' CIVIC ACTION FUND $2,000
  • THE PRIVATE INVESTOR COALITION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • THE VANGUARD GROUP COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $4,500
  • TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PAC $5,000
  • TOM KEIGHER ELECTION COMMITTEE $150
  • TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $1,000
  • TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC (FORMERLY SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE) $5,000
  • U.S. BANCORP FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) $10K
  • UNITED STATES PEANUT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (US PEANUT PAC) $1,000
  • UPPER HAND FUND $3,500
  • USA RICE FEDERATION PAC $1,000
  • VISA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • VNA HOLDING INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VG PAC) $1,000
  • WARD AND SMITH. P.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY EMPLOYEES GOOD GOVERNMENT FEDERAL FUND II $4,000
  • WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Lakesha Womack (DEM)

Raised
$59K through 2026-10-14 individuals $54K · PACs $1,000 · party $1,200 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $3,205 · cash on hand $4,793
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01
1 PAC gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • CAPITOL HEEL PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

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