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Richard N. Ojeda II

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U.S. House District 9

2026 North Carolina U.S. House — District 9 — General Election · November 3, 2026

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Overview

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2026 North Carolina U.S. House — District 9 — General Election on November 3, 2026
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Official candidacy
U.S. House District 9 · Democratic · Candidate
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Election date: 11/03/2026

Contest: US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 09

Candidate: Richard N. Ojeda II

Party: DEM

Candidacy date: 12/12/2025

Campaign email: [email protected]

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FEC committee ID: C00896357

FEC committee name: OJEDA FOR NC

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Published email: [email protected]

Published website: https://www.ojedafornc.com/

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It’s time to fight for North Carolina.

Source-published biography

Richard Ojeda spent 24 years in the U.S. Army, serving tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. Fifteen of those years were spent in Fayetteville at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, where his daughter was born and his family was raised. Through service, North Carolina became his family’s forever home. After retiring from the military, Richard moved to be near his aging parents in West Virginia, where he continued his service by teaching JROTC at a local high school, passing on what he’d learned to kids from the same hills he grew up in.

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Richard Ojeda spent 24 years in the U.S. Army, serving tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. Fifteen of those years were spent in Fayetteville at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, where his daughter was born and his family was raised. Through service, North Carolina became his family’s forever home. After retiring from the military, Richard moved to be near his aging parents in West Virginia, where he continued his service by teaching JROTC at a local high school, passing on what he’d learned to kids from the same hills he grew up in.

Get to know Richard’s history of service.

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By the time he earned his Major’s oak leaves, he’d learned one thing beyond doubt: real leaders aren’t born, they’re forged in service to others.

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By the time he earned his Major’s oak leaves, he’d learned one thing beyond doubt: real leaders aren’t born, they’re forged in service to others.

Meet Ret. Major Richard Ojeda

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This campaign is about service. Richard Ojeda has spent his career in the military, as a teacher, and as a fighter in state legislature. When he goes to D.C., you can count on his commitment to:

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This campaign is about service. Richard Ojeda has spent his career in the military, as a teacher, and as a fighter in state legislature. When he goes to D.C., you can count on his commitment to:

Veterans deserve care, respect, and real action.

Candidate-stated

Richard Hudson calls himself the “veterans’ representative” but he votes to tear down veterans at every turn. I served for 24 years, and as a retired Army Major, I know firsthand what it means to serve. Veterans deserve more than words. They deserve healthcare, pensions, and respect that matches the sacrifice they gave this nation.

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Richard Hudson calls himself the “veterans’ representative” but he votes to tear down veterans at every turn. I served for 24 years, and as a retired Army Major, I know firsthand what it means to serve. Veterans deserve more than words. They deserve healthcare, pensions, and respect that matches the sacrifice they gave this nation.

Fair Pay for Educators

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As a former teacher, I know educators deserve wages that reflect their commitment to our greatest resource and keep them in the classroom.

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As a former teacher, I know educators deserve wages that reflect their commitment to our greatest resource and keep them in the classroom.

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Fight for Veterans

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Better VA care, fair pensions, and mental health support for veterans.

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Better VA care, fair pensions, and mental health support for veterans.

Invest in NC

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Protect services, fight for funding, and keep DC out of NC.

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Protect services, fight for funding, and keep DC out of NC.

Ensure Quality Healthcare

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Strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, protect body autonomy.

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Strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, protect body autonomy.

Stand by Working Families

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Boost wages, support farmers, defend labor rights, and invest in skilled trades.

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Boost wages, support farmers, defend labor rights, and invest in skilled trades.

Save Social Security

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Protect Social Security, stop retirement age hikes, and block new penalties.

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Protect Social Security, stop retirement age hikes, and block new penalties.

Fight for Veterans

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Protect and improve VA care, pensions, and mental health support for veterans.

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Protect and improve VA care, pensions, and mental health support for veterans.

Social Security is a promise, and I will make sure it’s kept.

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Social Security is a promise, and I will make sure it’s kept.

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Social Security is a promise, and I will make sure it’s kept.

I believe parents and teachers, not politicians, should shape education.

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I believe parents and teachers, not politicians, should shape education.

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I believe parents and teachers, not politicians, should shape education.

Protect the Promise

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Social Security is a contract with working people. I will fight to protect and strengthen it, not cut it or gamble it away in risky schemes.

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Social Security is a contract with working people. I will fight to protect and strengthen it, not cut it or gamble it away in risky schemes.

AffordableCare

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Nobody should go bankrupt because they got cancer. I will expand Medicaid, lower costs, and make sure healthcare is based on need, not net worth.

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Nobody should go bankrupt because they got cancer. I will expand Medicaid, lower costs, and make sure healthcare is based on need, not net worth.

Resources for Rural Schools

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I will fight to bring federal funding to rural schools so every child, no matter their zip code, has a chance to succeed.

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I will fight to bring federal funding to rural schools so every child, no matter their zip code, has a chance to succeed.

Enforce the law, secure the border, respect the Constitution.

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Enforce the law, secure the border, respect the Constitution.

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Enforce the law, secure the border, respect the Constitution.

Here’s what Richard Ojeda will do in Congress.

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Here’s what Richard Ojeda will do in Congress.

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Here’s what Richard Ojeda will do in Congress.

Defend Public Schools

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Defend Public Schools

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Defend Public Schools

Defend Access to Healthcare

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Defend Access to Healthcare

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Defend Access to Healthcare

Protect Rural Hospitals

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Protect Rural Hospitals

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Protect Rural Hospitals

Create good paying union jobs in the green energy sector.

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Create good paying union jobs in the green energy sector.

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Create good paying union jobs in the green energy sector.

Good Jobs & Family Farms

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Investing in infrastructure, skilled trades, and family farms will create jobs that cannot be outsourced. Rural communities deserve opportunities that sustain both workers and the land they depend on.

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Investing in infrastructure, skilled trades, and family farms will create jobs that cannot be outsourced. Rural communities deserve opportunities that sustain both workers and the land they depend on.

Expand access to counseling and treatment to end veteran suicide.

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Expand access to counseling and treatment to end veteran suicide.

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Expand access to counseling and treatment to end veteran suicide.

Public Lands

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Belief

Oppose the privatization of national lands. They belong to the American people, not to the highest bidder.

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Oppose the privatization of national lands. They belong to the American people, not to the highest bidder.

Ojeda for NC09

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Major Ret. Richard Ojeda is running for US Congress in North Carolina’s 9th District to fight for American Families, Veterans, and the future of our democracy.

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Major Ret. Richard Ojeda is running for US Congress in North Carolina’s 9th District to fight for American Families, Veterans, and the future of our democracy.

COMMON QUESTIONS

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Belief

No veteran should be left behind to fund tax breaks for billionaires

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No veteran should be left behind to fund tax breaks for billionaires

COMMON QUESTIONS

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A country can secure its border and still keep its soul.

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A country can secure its border and still keep its soul.

Stop the constant attacks on healthcare access and keep rural hospitals open.

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Protect Essential Services

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Protect Essential Services

Ensuring Quality Healthcare

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HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT

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HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT

HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT

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Belief

Healthcare should be about people, not profits or politics.

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Healthcare should be about people, not profits or politics.

Protect Essential Services

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Opposes cuts to federal departments and programs serving veterans, students, and working families and supports preserving those services.

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Protect Essential Services

Defend Access to Healthcare

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Supports expanding Medicaid, keeping rural hospitals open, and preserving affordable healthcare coverage.

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Defend Access to Healthcare

Keep DC Out of Our Decisions

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Prioritizes limiting federal political interference in North Carolina's local community decisions.

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Keep DC Out of Our Decisions

Build Local Strength

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Supports fair federal funding and local investment for North Carolina towns and families.

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Build Local Strength

Healthcare Access

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Supports expanding VA facilities and staffing, reducing administrative delays, and improving timely access to quality veterans' healthcare.

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Healthcare Access

Fair Pensions

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Opposes cuts to military pensions and disability benefits and supports protecting retirement security for veterans.

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Fair Pensions

Mental Health

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Supports expanding VA mental-health services, counseling, PTSD treatment, and suicide-prevention care.

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Mental Health

Community Support

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Supports stronger veteran outreach, military-spouse support, education opportunities, and job-training programs for veterans and military families.

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Community Support

Defend Public Schools

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Supports preserving the U.S. Department of Education and federal support for public schools.

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Defend Public Schools

Fair Pay for Educators

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Supports legislation establishing a national teacher pay floor of at least $60,000 per year.

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Fair Pay for Educators

Resources for Rural Schools

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Supports additional federal resources for rural schools, including funding for facilities, overcrowding relief, and educational tools.

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Keep Politics Out of Classrooms

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Prioritizes classroom instruction focused on preparing students for life rather than political or culture-war disputes.

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Keep Politics Out of Classrooms

Student Debt Relief

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Supports stronger financial aid, expanded student-loan forgiveness for public servants, and action against predatory lending.

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Student Debt Relief

Clean Water

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Supports enforceable pollution limits and penalties, requiring polluters to bear cleanup costs, federal assistance for water-treatment systems, and free testing for private wells affected by contamination.

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Clean Water

Public Lands

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Opposes privatizing or selling federal public lands.

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Public Lands

Union Energy Jobs

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Supports building a green-energy economy with union labor and family-supporting wages.

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Union Energy Jobs

Storm Resilience

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Supports investment in flood control, drainage, stronger electric-grid infrastructure, restored wetlands, and stream buffers to reduce storm damage.

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Storm Resilience

Accountable Enforcement

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Supports replacing ICE with an immigration-enforcement system that is transparent, subject to oversight, and constrained by constitutional and legal requirements.

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Accountable Enforcement

Cartels and Trafficking

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Supports greater investment in detection technology at ports of entry and enforcement against cartel financing, drug trafficking, and human-trafficking networks.

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Cartels and Trafficking

Protecting Workers

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Supports enforcing labor law against employers that exploit unauthorized workers in order to prevent wage undercutting.

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Protecting Workers

Lawful Pathways

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Supports functional legal pathways for asylum seekers, refugees, and long-settled undocumented residents who have not committed other crimes, while supporting removal of people convicted of violent crimes.

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Lawful Pathways

Affordable Care

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Supports expanding Medicaid and reducing healthcare costs so coverage is more broadly affordable.

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Affordable Care

Protect Rural Hospitals

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Supports federal funding intended to keep rural hospitals and clinics open.

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Protect Rural Hospitals

Lower Costs for Prescriptions

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Supports caps on prices for life-saving prescription drugs such as insulin and stronger action against pharmaceutical price increases.

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Lower Costs for Prescriptions

Reproductive Freedom

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Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting access to abortion, birth control, cancer screenings, and prenatal care.

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Reproductive Freedom

Fair Wages

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Supports raising the federal minimum wage.

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Union Rights

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Supports repealing right-to-work laws and strengthening workers' ability to organize and bargain collectively.

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Union Rights

Good Jobs & Family Farms

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Supports public investment in infrastructure, skilled trades, and family farms to create locally rooted jobs in rural communities.

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Good Jobs & Family Farms

Corporate Accountability

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Supports stronger enforcement against union-busting and other corporate practices he argues disadvantage workers and family farmers.

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Corporate Accountability

Protect the Promise

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Prioritizes protecting and strengthening Social Security for current and future beneficiaries.

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Protect the Promise

No Retirement Age Hikes

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Opposes raising the Social Security retirement age.

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No Retirement Age Hikes

Make High Earners Pay More

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Supports raising more Social Security revenue from wealthy earners, including raising the income cap and closing tax loopholes.

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Make High Earners Pay More

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Campaign finance

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FEC candidate totals January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.

Total receipts
$2,237,508.34
Total disbursements
$2,073,835.72
Cash on hand
$163,672.62
Committee debt
$0.00
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Candidate ID: H6NC09218

Name: OJEDA, RICHARD N.

Office: House

State: NC

District: NC09

Coverage start: 2025-01-01

Coverage end: 2026-06-30

Total receipts: $2237508.34

Total disbursements: $2073835.72

Cash on hand: $163672.62

Debts owed by committee: $0.00

Candidate contributions: $0.00

Loans made by candidate: $0.00

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  1. Election record

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