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NC Senate 19 · MODEL v1.14 · 2 INPUTS MEASURED

Val Applewhite

NC Senate 19 scores 69.1 on the Democratic incumbent route with 65% of the component weight available: the own-race D+29.0 baseline and retained primary evidence. No state finance or alignment evidence is retained.

Priority score69.1#1,601 of 5,726Tie of 5

THE MEMBER

Record

Val Applewhite holds NC state Senate district 19 as a Democratic. The Open States roster is the identity source; the seat is next regularly contested in 2026 on a 2-year term.

Baseline election
Nov 5, 2024
Next election
2026
Alignment gap
Not in this score
Open States record
ocd-person/1ba98521-ee10-414a-9cf0-8b389ad02ffe

THE DISTRICT

NC Senate 19

The official state returns record D+29.0 in the 2024 general election for this seat. The margin here is the seat's own race, not a presidential overlay; state campaign-finance filings are not retained.

Own-race margin
D+29.0
Cash on hand
Not reported
Receipts / disbursements
Not reported / Not reported
Finance through
Not reported
Route
Democratic incumbent route
Baseline score
80.3

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

Blue baseline

96.0

The official state returns record D+29.0 in the 2024 general election for this seat. The baseline is 0 at a 5-point Democratic margin and 100 at 30 points.

Primary feasibility

43.8

In the latest retained Democratic primary the holder took 56.2% of named-candidate votes; feasibility is 100 minus that share.

Incumbent alignment gap

Not in this score

The retained alignment trackers cover Congress only, so the weight is omitted.

Cash vulnerability

Not in this score

State campaign-finance filings are not retained, so the weight is omitted.

CURRENT TERM

Recorded service

2024–nowNC-19Current at source cutoff

Formula renormalized(0.65 × structural + 0.20 × alignment gap + 0.15 × cash vulnerability) × (0.6 + 0.4 × 0.65)

Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger