# Laurie Buckhout

Republican

NC-1

Mar 3, 2026 primary: [won ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina)

FEC candidate H4NC01137 · [FEC.gov ↗](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4NC01137/) · [JSON](https://whovotedwhy.com/data/candidates/H4NC01137.json) · [Report an error](mailto:hello@jonasneves.com?subject=WhoVotedWhy%20correction%3A%20candidate%20H4NC01137&body=Row%20or%20page%3A%20candidate%20H4NC01137%0AWhat%20is%20wrong%3A%0APrimary%20source%20that%20shows%20it%3A%0A)

$509K

spent supporting

$612K

spent opposing

## On AI, in their own words

Quoted from [ISSUES — Laurie Buckhout (campaign site)](https://www.lauriebuckhoutforcongress.com/issues). Reviewed Oct 22, 2026.

-   “China wants to beat America in artificial intelligence. We can’t let that happen.”
-   “We need to slash the regulations strangling American innovation and unleash American energy to power our tech sector.”
-   “Under my watch, America will dominate AI, not China.”

Quotes from the 'LEAD ON TECHNOLOGY AND AI' section of the issues page. Page carries no publication date.

## By committee

| Committee | Network | Position | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guardrails Alliance | Guardrails Alliance | Against | $612K |
| American Mission | Leading the Future | For | $509K |

## Filings

1 periodic-report lines and 3 24/48-hour notices. A notice is restated on the next periodic report, so the two lists overlap; the totals above count each dollar once.

| Date | Committee | For/against | Purpose | Payee | Amount | Filing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Guardrails Alliance | Against | AD PRODUCTION (ESTIMATE) | Challengers LLC | $12K | notice[↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202610219928475353) |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Guardrails Alliance | Against | TV AD BUY (ESTIMATE) | Challengers LLC | $600K | notice[↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202610219928475352) |
| Feb 11, 2026 | American Mission | For | MEDIA PRODUCTION / MEDIA PLACEMENT | Summit Ridge Media Group LLC | $509K | report[↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202602199834760211) |
| Feb 11, 2026 | American Mission | For | MEDIA PRODUCTION / MEDIA PLACEMENT | Summit Ridge Media Group LLC | $509K | notice[↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202602139834320203) |

▸Citing this page

The headline figure is $509K for, $612K against.

Per-committee totals are FEC's own aggregate for this candidate and committee in the 2026 cycle, restricted to the committees listed in super\_pacs.json.

Primary source: [FEC Schedule E filings via OpenFEC](https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?candidate_id=H4NC01137). The rows behind this page are [outside\_spending\_totals.json](https://whovotedwhy.com/data/outside_spending_totals.json), read 2026-10-23; the [manifest](https://whovotedwhy.com/data/index.json) carries the commit and checksums.

-   Other committees may also be spending in this race; only the listed AI networks are counted here.
-   Notices and reports overlap; do not sum the filing lines.

Suggested wording: “according to FEC Schedule E filings via OpenFEC, compiled by WhoVotedWhy as of 2026-10-23”. Cite the filing or roll call for the event and this site for the selection and totals.

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