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Mark Harris

Mark Harris

Republican · NC U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

2 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

  • role U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district since 2025
  • controversy The 2018 NC 9th district election he initially led was voided and rerun amid a ballot-fraud investigation of a campaign operative; Harris was not charged
  • role Did not run in the 2019 do-over election, which was won by fellow Republican Dan Bishop
  • background Baptist pastor by background
  • background Born April 24, 1966

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House NC-08 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,019,134 raised
  • $608,814 spent
  • $517,853 cash on hand
$1.02M
$986.22K
$785.72K
Itemized (≥ $200)$711.18K
Unitemized (< $200)$74.54K
Party committees$750.00
Other committees (PACs)$199.75K
Transfers from other committees$28.85K
Offsets to expenditures$4.06K
$608.81K
Operating expenditures$319.82K
Loan repayments$30.00K
Contribution refunds$500.00
Other disbursements$258.49K
Cash on hand$517.85K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Mark Harris campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2016$180,744$180,744-$0
2024$837,984$730,451$107,533
2026$1,019,134$608,814$517,853

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $147,602 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • NO EMPLOYER $25,400
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES $13,200
  • VETERANS GUARDIAN $7,600
  • CSA CHEERLEADING $6,600
  • EDGE GRADING & HAULING $6,600
  • ASCENSION MARKETING GROUP $6,600
  • HORNE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING $6,600
  • MOORESVILLE DEALERSHIP $6,600
  • THE GAP PARTNERSHIP $6,600
  • SIDES CONTRACTING CO., INC. $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $13,805 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $0 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Harris, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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