← Election Series · All house races
LiberalMind endorses Pat Harrigan
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is already underway in North Carolina. This is the whole race on the record we could verify.
The setup
North Carolina's 10th District is held by Rep. Pat Harrigan (R), in Congress since 2025. The race is Solid R at compilation strength. The ballot: Harrigan; Ashley Bell (D); and Steve Feldman (Libertarian; also rendered Steven Feldman — the sources differ on the short form, and we print both rather than guess).
Pat Harrigan (Republican)
Harrigan's record themes, per The Appalachian's summary: border security, and renewable energy argued as energy independence. (His standard biographical background — former Army Green Beret and firearms-manufacturing business owner — is compilation-strength, not retrieved from a 2026 source in this pass, and is not printed here as verified.)
Pros: A proven freshman incumbent whose two stated themes are the district's two instincts: a hard border and American energy from every source that pencils.
Cons: No flaw of service is documented against him in this pass at proven strength.
The flaw, plainly: None located. The finding stands as written.
Ashley Bell (Democratic)
Bell is a physician assistant and healthcare advocate (The Appalachian). Her platform, as noted there: universal healthcare and AI/data-center regulation.
Pros: A front-line clinician running on the cost question every district feels.
Cons: Universal healthcare is her party's program stated at full size — the opposite of a break toward our values. A first-time candidate with no service record has nothing else for the exception to attach to, and her flagship position affirmatively forecloses it.
The flaw, plainly: Bell's flaw is the program as a promise: she does not merely carry her party's healthcare position, she campaigns on its maximal version.
Steve Feldman (L) has no record located beyond the candidacy (a Winston-Salem address in the NC Health News guide); we print him as such.
OUR CALL
LiberalMind endorses Pat Harrigan.
A proven incumbent of our side against a challenger whose signature position is her party's program at maximum strength. The call follows the geometry.
This race is one of hundreds in LiberalMind's Election 2026 coverage. For the complete breakdown — every race, claim by claim — go to liberalmindhq.com.
Vote early. Research your candidates. Choose the best moderates, whatever their party — no extremism from either side. And encourage your friends and family to do the same.
Sources
- The Appalachian (App State) — 2026 midterm voter guide (Harrigan's tenure and record themes; Bell's profession and platform)
- NC Health News — 2026 Health Care Congressional Voter Guide (Oct. 21, 2026) (Feldman's candidacy)
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.