Deborah K. Ross

Democrat · NC-2 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

NC-2 — U.S. House

Safe D 99%

Deborah K. Ross is on the ballot. Deborah Ross vs. Eugene Douglass. Runs on a newly enacted district map.

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Bio

Deborah Ross is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district since 2021. Her district is based in Raleigh. A member of the Democratic Party, Ross served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2003 to 2013, representing the state's 38th and then 34th House district, including much of northern Raleigh and surrounding suburbs in Wake County.

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Record of service

In office: 5.7 years
First took office: 2021 (3 terms)
Seniority: 265 of 439 by time served
Age: 63

District offices

Raleigh, NC · 919-334-0840

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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2021

$3.7M

2022

$3.1M

2023

$3.5M

2024

$4.0M

2025

$4.6M

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $3.5M – $8.3M
Liabilities: $850k – $1.8M
Net worth: $1.8M – $7.4M
Since 2021: +$892k

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 77 assets reported

Primary Residence$500k – $1.0M

Vacation Rental$500k – $1.0M

Mountain Rental$250k – $500k

State 401k ⇒ NC Large Cap Core Fund$250k – $500k

AMG Managers Special Equity$100k – $250k

Vanguard 500 Index Fund Admiral$100k – $250k

Vanguard Growth Index Fund Admiral$100k – $250k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ SPDR S&P 500$100k – $250k

Fox Rothschild RSP ⇒ Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund (VTTHX)$100k – $250k

State 401k ⇒ NC Large Cap Index Fund$100k – $250k

State 401k ⇒ NC Small Mid Cap Index Fund$100k – $250k

TTA 457(b) ⇒ T Rowe Price LCG Fund I class$100k – $250k

Unimproved Lot$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 1 ⇒ Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock (GOOG)$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 1 ⇒ Lam Research Corporation (LRCX)$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B)$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB)$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD)$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Industrial$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ SPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ VanEck Semiconductor ETF$50k – $100k

Fidelity IRA 3 ⇒ Fidelity Money Market$50k – $100k

Fidelity Roth IRA ⇒ Fidelity Money Market$50k – $100k

State 401k ⇒ NC International Fund$50k – $100k

AMG Managers Special Equity$15k – $50k

RS Growth Fund Class A (IRA)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 1 ⇒ Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 1 ⇒ Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 1 ⇒ CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. - Class A (CRWD)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 1 ⇒ Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. (FCX)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 1 ⇒ SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund (EEM)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM)$15k – $50k

Fidelity IRA 2 ⇒ SPDR MidCap Trust Series I (MDY)$15k – $50k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

D+0.74

Healthcare

D+0.91

Immigration & Border

D+0.91

Guns

D+0.83

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

D+1.00

Environment & Energy

D+0.81

Crime & Policing

D+0.56

Defense & Veterans

D+0.37

Economy & Labor

D+0.61

Foreign Policy & Trade

D+0.24

Civil Rights & Social

D+0.94

Education

D+0.96

Government & Democracy

D+0.80

Judicial & Executive Nominations

D+0.35

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Deborah K. Ross's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Democratic Party

93%Closest

Green Party

91%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

88%

Communist Party USA

87%

Libertarian Party

54%

Republican Party

31%

On the political map

Deborah K. Ross (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

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Caucuses & committees

Where Rosssits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucusstrongly left · 77 members
Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members

Committees

House Committee on the Judiciarycenter · 44 members
Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
House Committee on Ethicscenter · 10 members
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technologycenter · 40 members
Energy (Ranking Member)Environment

Most and least aligned members

Treating Ross's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Least aligned

Recent notable votes

NAY

National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026

2026-09-16 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy

NAY

PROOF Act

2026-09-16 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Taxes & Fiscal

NAY

National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026

2026-09-16 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy

NAY

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".

2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy

YEA

Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025

2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy

YEA

Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act

2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy

YEA

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025

2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor

YEA

Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.

2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy

NAY

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.

2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education

YEA

GUARD Act

2026-09-15 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor

NAY

2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education

YEA

Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026

2026-09-14 · Passed · Environment & Energy

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Deborah K. Ross

NC-2 — U.S. House

Bio

Record of service

Reported net worth

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

Issue profile

How they score against the parties

On the political map

Do you vote like Ross?

Caucuses & committees

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Most aligned

Least aligned

Recent notable votes

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