The Winner

Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) will represent North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District for a seventh full term after defeating Republican Jack Codiga. The Associated Press called the race early on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 3, when Adams had about 85% of the vote, North State Journal reported. ​

With all of the expected vote counted, Adams has 219,672 votes (81.2%) to Codiga’s 50,864 (18.8%), a margin of about 62 points, in unofficial results posted by ABC11. In 2024, she won 74.0% against Republican Addul Ali.

The Race

Adams, a former state House member from Guilford County, first won the seat in a 2014 special election to replace Rep. Mel Watt (D). Both nominees won contested primaries on Tuesday, March 3. Adams took 79.0% over Monaca Maye Williamson, and Codiga, a Santa Clara University finance graduate, took 67.4% over Ali.

Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the race Solid Democratic, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated it Safe Democratic, according to Ballotpedia’s race page. North Carolina redrew its congressional map in October 2025, but only the 1st and 3rd districts changed, so the 12th kept its lines, the North State Journal reported at the time.

The district covers part of Mecklenburg County, including parts of Charlotte, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville, according to Ballotpedia. About 771,000 people live there, the median age is about 34 and the typical household earns about $75,900 a year.

About 45% of adults hold at least a bachelor’s degree. Residents are about 37% Black, 37% white, 19% Hispanic and 6% Asian, unemployment is about 4.6%, and about 13% live below the poverty line.

What’s Next

Adams’ seventh full term begins Sunday, Jan. 3, 2027. The State Board of Elections plans to certify the results at its state canvass at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, according to its post-election schedule.

On Monday, Sept. 21, Adams introduced H.R. 10513. The bill would create a pilot grant program to help pay early planning costs for affordable housing on land owned by churches and other faith-based groups. The bill is still in the House Financial Services Committee, and it would need to be reintroduced if it doesn’t pass before the current Congress ends Jan. 3.

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