Laurie Buckhout
Republican · NC
Laurie Buckhout is the 2026 Republican nominee for North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, a rematch of her narrow 2024 loss to Don Davis. A retired U.S. Army colonel with 26 years of service, she commanded an 800-person battalion task force in Iraq in 2003 and finished her career as the Army's chief of electronic warfare. She founded Corvus Consulting, a defense electronic-warfare and cyber firm she sold in 2019, and served in a Defense Department cyber policy post in 2025. She won the March 2026 Republican primary outright over four opponents.
Campaign Finance Information — US House of Representatives District 1
Campaign Finance Information · US House of Representatives District 1 · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 24, 2026
- Raised
- $3,793,077
- Spent
- $1,989,720
- Cash on hand
- $1,829,661
- Debts
- $3,501,000
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- RETIRED$764,893
- CEO$228,896
- OWNER$148,489
- HOMEMAKER$128,267
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- PRESIDENT$118,916
Source: FEC · 2026 cycle · fec.gov
Track record
National Defense
· 1 record
Served 26 years in the U.S. Army, commanding an 800-person battalion task force in Iraq in 2003 and retiring as the Army's chief of electronic warfare; afterward founded Corvus Consulting, an electronic-warfare and cyber defense firm she sold in 2019.
March 3, 2026For
Source: wunc.org · researched July 3, 2026
General
· 1 record
Appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy in 2025, serving in the Pentagon cyber policy role before returning to run for Congress.
April 1, 2025
Source: executivegov.com · researched July 3, 2026
Elections
- US House of Representatives District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 1 (119th Congress), North Carolina
Profile last researched July 3, 2026.