US Midterms 2026
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Deborah Ross, a Democrat who has represented North Carolina's 2nd congressional district since 2021, seeks re-election in 2026 against Republican Eugene Douglass and Libertarian Matt Laszacs.
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Deborah Ross (NC-02) reacts to foiled attack on a Hindu temple in Illinois, expressing horror and relief that Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi and his family are safe.
Deborah Ross (NC-02) commented on the Illinois Hindu temple attack plot, expressing horror at the attempted mass shooting and relief that Krishnamoorthi and his family were safe.
The article discusses trucking groups seeking bipartisan congressional support ahead of the midterms.
Deborah Ross (D-NC) is highlighted in the article as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina’s 2nd district who supported the PREVAIL Act and participated in the broader Congressional engagement surrounding the…
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Deborah Ross was born Deborah Koff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 20, 1963, and grew up in Connecticut. Her father, Marvin Koff, was an Air Force physician, and her mother, Barbara, was a teacher. Ross earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1985 and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1990.
After law school, Deborah Ross worked as a tax litigator and municipal bond lawyer at Hunton & Williams in Raleigh and taught at Duke Law School as a senior lecturing fellow.
In 1994 she became state director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, where she worked on First Amendment and juvenile justice issues until 2002.
Ross served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2003 to 2013, representing the 38th and then the 34th district, and was elected one of the House Democratic whips in 2007. She resigned in 2013 to become legal counsel for GoTriangle, the regional transit agency.
Ross resigned from GoTriangle in 2015 to run for the U.S. Senate, winning the March 2016 Democratic primary with 62.4% of the vote before losing the general election to Republican incumbent Richard Burr, 51% to 45%. She joined the law firm Smith Moore Leatherwood in Raleigh in 2017.
After a court-ordered redistricting redrew the 2nd district around southern Wake County, she won the seat on November 3, 2020, defeating Republican Alan Swain and Libertarian Jeff Matemu.
In the 119th Congress she serves on the Committee on Ethics, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, where she is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Energy.
The 2nd district covers portions of central Wake County, and Deborah Ross, the Democratic incumbent, was re-elected there in 2024 with 66.3% of the vote. Ross is the Democratic nominee for 2026 after energy policy analyst Rob Bennett withdrew from the primary.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Republican Eugene Douglass, a professor who ran for the district in 2024, along with Libertarian Matt Laszacs, a business director, and Brian McGinnis, an anti-war activist, Marine veteran and firefighter running as a write-in independent.
