Summary
Current Position: 2023 US Representative for District 13
Affiliation: Democrat
District: a new map in which the 13th district included Johnston County and parts of Harnett, Wake, and Wayne Counties in the Raleigh area.
Upcoming Election: Lost his seat in the 2024 election
Nickel worked for Vice President Al Gore from 1996 to 2001 as a member of his national advance staff. He is also a member of Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps.
Nickel later worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and served on the White House national advance staff from 2008 until 2012. He is a member of the Obama Alumni Association and was part of Obama’s first wave of political endorsements in 2018. Obama endorsed six candidates in North Carolina, including Nickel, in August 2018.
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About
Wiley Nickel is currently serving his first term in Congress as the U.S. Representative of the 13th District of North Carolina which includes Wake, Wayne, Johnston and Harnett Counties.
Wiley lives in Cary with his wife, Caroline, and their two kids. Wiley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Tulane University and later graduated from the Pepperdine University School of Law.
Prior to being elected to Congress, Wiley served as a North Carolina State Senator, attorney, small business owner and worked for two White House administrations.
Having served in a divided legislature, Wiley understands the importance of reaching across the aisle and finding common ground while defending fundamental North Carolina values. As a state Senator, Wiley fought for the issues that matter most to North Carolinians: lowering the cost of living, expanding access to affordable health care, protecting voting rights and women’s reproductive health rights.
Wiley is a pragmatic problem solver who is focused on finding solutions and delivering results for the people of North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District. Wiley is committed to representing every constituent in North Carolina’s 13th District and delivering bipartisan results as their voice in Washington.
Personal
Full Name: George ‘Wiley’ Wilmarth Nickel III
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Caroline; 2 Children: Prescott, Adeline
Home City: Cary, NC
Religion: Christian
Source: Vote Smart
Education
JD, Law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2002-2005
BA, Political Science, Tulane University, 1994-199
Political Experience
Representative, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina, District 13, 2023-present
Senator, North Carolina State Senate, District 16, 2019-2023
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina, District 13, 2022
Professional Experience
Attorney, The Law Offices of Wiley Nickel, Professional Limited Liability Company, 2011-present
Advance Associate, The White House, 2009-2011
Event Manager, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2008-2009
National Advance Staff, Obama for America Campaign, 2008
Attorney, The Law Offices of Joseph Uremovic, 2007-2008
Deputy District Attorney, Merced County District Attorney’s Office, 2006
Finance Director, Cardoza for Congress, 2001-2002
National Advance Staff, Gore/Lieberman 2000, 1999-2000
National Advance Staff, Office of Al Gore, The White House, 1998-1999
Offices
Washington, DC Office
1133 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Garner, NC Office
1411 ½ Aversboro Rd
Garner NC 27529
Phone: (202) 225-4531
Phone: (984) 275-6150
Contact
Email: Government
Web Links
Politics
Source: none
Election Results
To learn more, go to this wikipedia section in this post.
Finances
Source: Vote Smart
Committees
Congressman Nickel is representing North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District and is in his first term in Congress. He currently serves on the House Committee on Financial Services and the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, and the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, Inclusion.
To best advocate to the issues most pressing to constituents of North Carolina’s 13th district, Congressman Nickel is also active in the following task forces and caucuses:
- New Democrat Coalition
- Vice Chair, Affordable Housing Task Force
- Member, Immigration & Border Security Task Force
- Problem Solvers Caucus
- Blue Dog Coalition
- Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition
- Pro-Choice Caucus
- Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
- Bipartisan Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Task Force
- Equality Caucus
- Bipartisan Second Chance Task Force
- Bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Anti-Semitism
- Bipartisan Working Group to End Domestic Violence
- Caucus on Ethnic and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka
- Colorectal Cancer Caucus
- Congressional Chicken Caucus
- Congressional Dads Caucus
- Congressional Epilepsy Caucus
- Democratic Manufacturing Working Group
- Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation
- Friends of Denmark
- Future Forum Caucus
- HBCU Caucus
- India and Indian American Caucus
- LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus
- Rare Disease Caucus
- State Medicaid Expansion Caucus
- Sustainable Investment Caucus
- 5G and Beyond Caucus
New Legislation
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Issues
Source: Government page
More Information
Services
Source: Government page
District
Source: Wikipedia
North Carolina’s 13th congressional district was re-established in 2002 after the state gained population in the 2000 United States census. Previously, the state had 13 districts from the first election following the 1810 census until the reapportionment following the 1840 census.
The thirteenth district is currently represented by Wiley Nickel.
Wikipedia
George Wilmarth “Wiley” Nickel III[1][2] (born November 23, 1975) is an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 13th congressional district from 2023 to 2025.
Nickel served as a member of the North Carolina Senate from the 16th district from 2019 to 2023.[3] He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2022.[4] On December 16, 2023, Nickel decided not to seek re-election after his seat was redrawn to heavily favor the Republican Party.[5]
On April 9, 2025, Nickel launched his campaign for the United States Senate in the 2026 election,[6] but withdrew on July 29 after former Governor Roy Cooper declared his candidacy. On September 16, 2025, Nickel announced his candidacy for District Attorney of Wake County.[7]
On March 3, 2026, he won the Democratic primary for Wake County District Attorney in a three-candidate race.[8]
Nickel faces no Republican or other-party opposition in the November 2026 general election and is running unopposed.[9]
Early life and education
Nickel was born in Fresno, California, on November 23, 1975.[10][11] He is the great-great-great-grandson of Henry Miller, who was one of the largest landowners in the 19th century and established a farming empire in the Central Valley of California.[2][12] After graduating from Francis W. Parker School in Chicago, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and government from Tulane University and a Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law.[13]
Career
Politics
Nickel worked for Vice President Al Gore from 1996 to 2001 as a member of his national advance staff.[14] He is also a member of Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps.[14]
Nickel later worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and served on the White House national advance staff from 2008 until 2012. He is a member of the Obama Alumni Association and was part of Obama’s first wave of political endorsements in 2018. Obama endorsed six candidates in North Carolina, including Nickel, in August 2018.[15][16]
During his tenure in the United States House of Representatives, Nickel was a member of the Democratic Party caucus and supported the party’s positions on major legislative issues, including abortion rights, voting rights, and healthcare policy. He opposed efforts to restrict abortion access and supported federal legislation aimed at protecting reproductive rights. Nickel also criticized partisan gerrymandering and cited Republican gerrymandering to North Carolina’s congressional maps as the reason for his decision not to seek reelection in 2024.[17][18]
Law
Nickel was a criminal defense attorney, having opened his law practice in Cary[19] in 2011. Following his election to Congress, Nickel reported complying with House ethics requirements by selling his interest in his law firm.[20]
North Carolina Senate
Elections
2018
Nickel was first elected to represent the 16th senate district with over 65% of the vote on November 6, 2018.[21] He held a seat that had been opened when incumbent Jay Chaudhuri was redistricted into the neighboring 15th district.[22] His victory helped to break the Republican supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly, flipping one of six Republican Senate seats from red to blue.[23][24][25]
2020
Nickel ran for reelection in 2020. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary[21] and defeated Republican nominee Will Marsh with 65.6% of the vote.[26] He was endorsed by The News & Observer.[27]
Tenure
2019–20 session
Nickel was appointed to the Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee, the Pensions/Retirement/Aging Committee and the Education/Higher Education Appropriations Committee on January 18, 2019.[28] He co-sponsored a bill to restore master’s degree and doctoral degree pay for teachers in North Carolina.[29]
Nickel co-sponsored Senate Bill 209, which would increase the scope and punishment of hate crimes and require the SBI to maintain and create a hate crimes statistics database. He spoke about SB 209 during a candlelight vigil at the Islamic Center of Cary to remember the New Zealand terror attack victims.[30]
During his tenure in the North Carolina State Senate, Wiley Nickel was a strong supporter of organized labor and introduced legislation to repeal the state’s longstanding prohibition on public-sector collective bargaining, a restriction widely viewed as a legacy of the Jim Crow era.[31]
2021–22 session
Nickel served on the Redistricting and Elections Committee, the Judiciary Committee, the Pensions/Retirement/Aging Committee, and the Appropriations on General Government/Information Technology Committee in the state senate.[32]
Nickel pushed for reforms to North Carolina’s unemployment insurance system, describing it as among the weakest in the nation and co-sponsoring legislation to increase weekly benefits and extend their duration for unemployed workers.[33][34]
During the 2021–2022 legislative session, Nickel emphasized bipartisan cooperation, highlighting work on issues such as Medicaid expansion, broadband access, and economic policy, and urged bipartisanship in a farewell press conference at the conclusion of his term.[35]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
2022
Nickel ran for Congress in North Carolina’s newly drawn 13th congressional district. The district covers southern Wake County, all of Johnston County, and parts of Wayne and Harnett Counties. Nickel won the Democratic nomination.[36]
The conservative Carolina Journal wrote that Nickel ran “as a moderate despite a fairly left-wing voting record”.[37]
Nickel was endorsed by the Network for Public Education Fund,[38][39] the North Carolina Association of Educators,[40] NARAL Pro-Choice America,[41] Communication Workers of America,[42] the North Carolina State AFL-CIO,[43][44] the National Association of Social Workers,[45] Human Rights Campaign,[46][47] Everytown for Gun Safety,[48] the League of Conservation Voters,[49] the Voter Protection Project,[50][51] the Sierra Club,[52] Equality North Carolina,[53] the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans,[54] North Carolina Asian Americans Together in Action,[55] and Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina.[45]
Nickel defeated Bo Hines, the Republican nominee, in the November 8 general election.[4] The race was closely contested and drew significant attention as one of the most competitive congressional districts in the country. Nickel won with just over 51 percent of the vote, prevailing in a district that included both suburban Triangle-area communities and more rural regions of central North Carolina.[56] His victory resulted in a partisan shift in the district, with Democrats gaining the seat as one of only six seats nationwide to flip from red to blue.
2023
Nickel was sworn in as the U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 13th congressional district in January, 2023.[57]
Nickel served on the House Financial Services Committee.[58] The committee is among the most influential standing committees in the U.S. House of Representatives, with jurisdiction over banking, housing, insurance, and financial markets. Assignment to this exclusive committee is typically limited due to its broad jurisdiction over major economic and housing policy areas. Nickel was one of only two freshman Democrats appointed to one of the Big Four House Committees (Appropriations, Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce and Financial Services).
During his tenure in Congress, Nickel co-sponsored legislation to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks. He sold all of his individual stocks prior to being sworn-in and joined other lawmakers in supporting the proposal, which aimed to address potential conflicts of interest and increase public trust in government by restricting lawmakers’ ability to buy and sell individual securities while in office.[59] The effort was part of a broader bipartisan push in Congress to limit or prohibit stock trading by elected officials.[60]
2024
In April 2024, Nickel introduced the Fair and Impartial Redistricting for Meaningful and Accountable Political Systems (FAIR MAPS) Act, legislation designed to combat partisan gerrymandering by establishing independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide. The proposal was introduced in response to ongoing disputes over congressional maps, including in North Carolina.[61]
In 2024, Nickel traveled to Ukraine as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and received briefings from Ukrainian officials and military personnel during the ongoing Russian invasion. Following the visit, Nickel called for continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine and urged Congress to pass additional aid, stating that delays would weaken Ukraine’s position in the conflict with Russia.[62]
Nickel retired after one term leaving office in January 2025, with plans of running in 2026 for US Senate.[63][5]
Committee assignments
Caucus memberships
- Blue Dog Coalition[65]
- Congressional Equality Caucus[66]
- Congressional Ukraine Caucus[67]
- New Democrat Coalition[68]
- Problem Solvers Caucus[69]
2026 U.S. Senate candidacy
On April 9, 2025, Nickel announced his candidacy for the United States Senate.[70][71] On June 29, 2025, Thom Tillis withdrew from the election.[72] The race is expected to be highly competitive, potentially deciding control of the Senate in 2026.
2026 Wake County District Attorney election
With the entry of former Governor Roy Cooper into the US Senate race, Nickel suspended his US Senate campaign, endorsed Cooper, and ran instead for Wake County, North Carolina District Attorney seat.[73] On March 3, 2026, Nickel won the Democratic primary, defeating assistant district attorney Melanie Shekita and former prosecutor Sherita Walton. Nickel will be running unopposed in the general election.[74]
Nickel’s campaign focused on expanding resources for the Wake County District Attorney’s Office, citing staffing shortages relative to population growth.[75]
Nickel was endorsed by the Raleigh News & Observer, which wrote that Wake County needed “not only a new head prosecutor, but a fresh view of how to support and employ the powers of the office.”[76]
Political positions
Nickel supports abortion rights and codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law.[77][78][79]
During his tenure in Congress, Nickel received a 94% score from the Human Rights Campaign Congressional Scorecard, which evaluates lawmakers based on their support for LGBTQ-related legislation and policy positions.[80] He also co-sponsored the Equality Act in the 118th Congress, legislation that would expand federal civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
During his congressional tenure, Nickel was rated as a strong supporter of reproductive freedom by Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America), which recorded his votes as consistently opposing legislative efforts to restrict abortion access, including measures targeting medication abortion and federal reproductive health programs.[81] He voted against multiple Republican-led amendments and resolutions that the organization characterized as attempts to limit abortion access and reproductive health care protections.[82]
Electoral history
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeff Denham (incumbent) | 92,879 | 59.8 | |
| Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 62,539 | 40.2 | |
| Total votes | 155,418 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 8,585 | 55.48% | |
| Democratic | Luis Toledo | 6,890 | 44.52% | |
| Total votes | 15,445 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 63,335 | 65.28% | |
| Republican | Paul Smith | 30,308 | 31.24% | |
| Libertarian | Brian Irving | 3,382 | 3.49% | |
| Total votes | 97,025 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 80,530 | 65.65% | |
| Republican | Paul Smith | 42,144 | 34.35% | |
| Total votes | 122,674 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 22,974 | 51.68% | |
| Democratic | Sam Searcy | 10,210 | 22.97% | |
| Democratic | Jamie Campbell Bowles | 4,175 | 9.39% | |
| Democratic | Nathan Click | 3,813 | 8.58% | |
| Democratic | Denton Lee | 3,285 | 7.39% | |
| Total votes | 44,457 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 143,090 | 51.06% | |
| Republican | Bo Hines | 134,256 | 48.04% | |
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Wiley Nickel | 64,402 | 48.96 | |
| Democratic | Sherita Walton | 39,950 | 30.51 | |
| Democratic | Melanie Shekita | 26,941 | 20.53 | |
| Total votes | 131,293 | 100.0 | ||
Personal life
Born in California, Nickel moved to North Carolina in 2009.[86] He lives in Cary with his wife, Caroline, and their two children. Nickel is a second cousin of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson.[12]
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External links
- Congressman Wiley Nickel official U.S. House website
- Wiley Nickel for Congress campaign website
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Appearances on C-SPAN
