This card is for voters in the Guilford, Davidson, and Forsyth slices of NC-06. Same concern set as the other November cards.
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A U.S. representative votes on federal taxes, immigration statute, tariffs, energy bills, and the House budget. The seat does not set High Point’s levy or zone a data center.
Addison McDowell (R, inc.) faces Cyril Jefferson (D), the High Point mayor, in NC-06, which covers slices of Guilford, Davidson, and Forsyth.
On the published concern set: McDowell 7 of 9, Jefferson 3 of 9. A tally is not an endorsement.
Republican · incumbent
Democrat · High Point mayor
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- What this office does
- A U.S. representative votes on federal taxes, ICE statute, tariffs, energy bills, and the House budget. The seat does not set High Point’s levy or zone a data center.
- What this district covers
- Davidson, Davie, and Rowan in full; parts of Cabarrus, Forsyth, and Guilford — High Point, parts of Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
- What this card does — and does not do
- It marks the two names on the November line against a published concern set. It is not an endorsement. A dash means we could not mark the row from the record in front of us.
✓ = matches the published concern set, on the public record we used.
✗ = does not, on that record.
— = no recorded vote and no published plank. We do not invent a mark.
The concern set used here: cost of living, border and interior enforcement, free and fair elections, efficient federal government, increasing domestic energy supply, responsible data-center growth.
Both may earn ✓ on the same row. Marks are not an endorsement. Full rules: how we score.
Matches the Piedmont concern set
Addison McDowell · 7 of 9
Cyril Jefferson · 3 of 9
Dashes and “no published plank” rows are not scored. Issue-by-issue marks are in the table below.
| Issue | Addison McDowell | Mark | Cyril Jefferson | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Household costs and tariffs | House GOP budget and tax-cut votes. Use tariffs as plant leverage for furniture and Davidson/Rowan suppliers in this district. | — | Affordability plank: Medicaid, SNAP, housing supply. Would roll back tariff costs he treats as a tax on inputs. | — |
| 2. Border, ICE detainers, interior enforcement | Yea on House border and detainer bills. Sponsored the Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act. | ✓ | 2024 Border Act: agents, judges, fentanyl detection at ports. Does not campaign as a detainer/cooperation vote. | ✗ |
| 3. SAVE Act / proof of citizenship to vote | Yea on the SAVE Act (House). | ✓ | Campaign does not support that bill. | ✗ |
| 4. Taxes and the federal take | Yea on H.R. 1. ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Votes the House budget that shrinks the federal footprint. | ✓ | Protect Medicaid, SNAP, and housing dollars. No ATR pledge. | ✗ |
| 5. Energy and the home meter | Yea on Unlocking Domestic LNG, GRID Power, National Coal Council. Domestic supply. | ✓ | No published production plank. | — |
| 6. Data centers — jobs vs. the home meter | No published district rule. A House seat does not zone locally in the district. | — | June 2026: Triad mayors said tax base can justify a site if conditions are met. Also asked High Point to study a pause for water, power, and the home bill. | ✓ |
| 7. Medicaid and rural / Triad hospitals | Require work-rule and enforce eligibility rules. Not a protect-expansion vote. | ✓ | Protect Medicaid expansion. Cuts the load for the uninsured but raises the taxpayer burden. | ✗ |
| 8. Crime | House retail-crime and violent-offender bills. First-term member. | ✓ | High Point mayor: focused deterrence; cites a 75% homicide drop and five years of violent-crime decline. Body cameras and crisis teams. | ✓ |
| 9. Housing without a new levy | Federal housing is not his lead vote. | — | High Point $40 million housing fund; says $2 million public leveraged $38 million private, without a city tax hike. | ✓ |
| 10. China dumping vs. Piedmont plants | Voted with the House majority that treats Chinese underpricing as a jobs problem in the Piedmont. Use tariffs as a tool to combat. | ✓ | Port detection and supply-chain language. Less published decoupling of Chinese inputs into furniture and textiles. | — |
| 11. Who they organize with | House Republican caucus on judges, agencies, and spending. | — | House Democratic caucus on the same levers. | — |
| 12. Who they are on this ballot | Bermuda Run. Flipped the Manning seat in 2024 after the map went R+9. Committees: Transportation, Budget, Natural Resources. | — | Sitting High Point mayor. Former teacher. Guilford / High Point is the Piedmont slice of this district. | — |
A dash is not a verdict on character. It means we could not mark the row from the record in front of us.
1. Household costs and tariffs
House GOP budget and tax-cut votes. Use tariffs as plant leverage for furniture and Davidson/Rowan suppliers.
Affordability plank: Medicaid, SNAP, housing supply. Would roll back tariffs he sees as a tax on inputs.
2. Border, ICE detainers, interior enforcement
Yea on House border and detainer bills. Sponsored the Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act.
2024 Border Act: agents, judges, fentanyl detection at ports. Does not campaign as a detainer/cooperation vote.
3. SAVE Act / proof of citizenship to vote
Yea on the SAVE Act (House).
Campaign does not support that bill.
4. Taxes and the federal take
Yea on H.R. 1. ATR Taxpayer Protection Pledge.
Protect Medicaid, SNAP, and housing dollars. No ATR pledge.
5. Energy and the home meter
Yea on Unlocking Domestic LNG, GRID Power, National Coal Council.
No published production plank.
6. Data centers — jobs vs. the home meter
No published district rule. A House seat does not zone locally.
Asked High Point to study a pause for water, power, and the home bill.
7. Medicaid and rural / Triad hospitals
Work-rule and eligibility enforcement. Not a protect-expansion vote.
Protect Medicaid expansion. Cuts the load for the uninsured but raises the taxpayer burden.
8. Crime
House retail-crime and violent-offender bills.
Focused deterrence; cites a 75% homicide drop. Body cameras and crisis teams.
9. Housing without a new levy
Federal housing is not his lead vote.
High Point $40 million housing fund without a city tax hike.
10. China dumping vs. Piedmont plants
Treats Chinese underpricing as a Piedmont jobs problem. Tariffs as a tool.
Port detection and supply-chain language. Less published decoupling of Chinese inputs.
11. Who they organize with
House Republican caucus.
House Democratic caucus.
12. Who they are on this ballot
Bermuda Run. Flipped the Manning seat in 2024. Transportation, Budget, Natural Resources.
Sitting High Point mayor. Former teacher.
If these are your NC-06 priorities
This is a Piedmont district. High Point’s mayor is on the ballot. The card still scores the concern set for voters who live in the Guilford, Davidson, and Forsyth slices.
McDowell’s recorded House votes are the border bills, the SAVE Act, the GOP budget, and the domestic-energy stack (LNG, GRID, coal council). Jefferson’s published case is High Point results — housing fund without a city tax hike, crime-drop claim, workforce dollars — plus protect-Medicaid, SNAP, and a 2024-style Border Act instead of the current enforcement line.
- Sources (public record)
- Ballotpedia NC-06 2026 · Cook PVI R+9, Solid R · cyrilforcongress.com/issues · McDowell campaign site (border, SAVE Act, ATR pledge) · Vote Smart / GovTrack roll calls (SAVE Act; LNG; GRID; Coal Council) · WSOC / Salisbury Post candidate guide · High Point State of the City July 2026 · Jefferson Facebook data-center pause July 26, 2026 · Wikipedia / NCSBE (Hager disqualified). Fundraising FEC through June 30, 2026: McDowell ~$1.23M raised, Jefferson ~$200k.
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