The National Republican Congressional Committee is adding Laurie Buckhout to its “MAGA Majority” program, investing in her bid to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Don Davis in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.
NRCC announced Tuesday that Buckhout is one of nine candidates nationwide selected in the first round of this program, which pledges resources and training to aspiring politicians running in key battleground districts.
“House Republicans are on offense, and the MAGA Majority is the next wave of leaders who will help us expand our majority in 2026,” NRCC chairman Richard Hudson of North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District said in a statement. “From veterans and job creators to proven conservative fighters and local leaders, these candidates are stepping up to secure the border, lower costs, and deliver on President Trump’s America First agenda.”
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not immediately respond to NC Newsline’s request for comment.
Republicans hold a slim 218-214 majority in the U.S. House with three vacancies. NRCC wants to defend and expand that margin. More than a dozen Democrats hold seats in districts that were won by President Donald Trump in 2024, like Davis in NC-01.
The party holding the White House almost always loses seats in the midterm elections. But Republicans are hoping to buck that trend this year after a wave of mid-decade redistricting across the country, including North Carolina.
Republican state lawmakers redrew Davis’ district last October to make it more likely to elect a Republican, aiming to bring the state’s 14-member congressional delegation from 10 Republicans and four Democrats to 11 Republicans and three Democrats. The new map carved Davis’ Snow Hill home out of the district.
Still, Davis, a former Air Force officer, is seeking his third term in the House. Congressional candidates are not required to live within their district.
“MAGA Majority” is the new name for the NRCC’s Young Guns program, founded by then-Reps. Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy and Eric Cantor in the 2007-2008 election cycle. The moniker change may have to do with the ages of several of the candidates — Buckhout was born in 1961, and Paul LePage of Maine is the oldest participant in the program at 77.
NRCC also added Buckhout to its Young Guns program in 2024, when she challenged Davis for his seat. The Democrat narrowly defeated Buckhout by 1.7% of the vote.
Buckhout, an Army veteran, joined Vice President JD Vance in Rocky Mount last week.
There, she criticized Davis for voting against the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, which she touted for dedicating $50 billion across the country to a rural health transformation program that she says could have helped his constituents. Buckhout said it’s time for eastern North Carolina to hold him accountable for his actions.
“Those of us who have been held accountable, expect it,” she said.
The 2024 matchup between Davis and Buckhout was North Carolina’s most expensive congressional race for fundraising that election cycle.
National Democrats are investing in the Tar Heel State as well.
In western North Carolina, the DCCC last month identified Jamie Ager as one of 12 candidates for its “Red to Blue” program. It’s a similar initiative targeting seats the DCCC believes could flip from Republican to Democratic with resources, fundraising support and training.
Other candidates in the Democratic primary for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District pushed back, saying the DCCC was interfering with the race before voters chose a candidate in the election. Ager, a fourth-generation farmer from a political family, trounced his opponents by receiving 65% of the vote in unofficial results earlier this month.
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