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North Carolina's 8th congressional district
U.S. House district for North Carolina
U.S. House district for North Carolina
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| state | North Carolina |
| district number | 8 |
| image name | |
| image caption | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025 |
| representative | Mark Harris |
| party | Republican |
| residence | Indian Trail |
| population | 788,892 |
| population year | 2024 |
| median income | $81,435 |
| percent white | 60.8 |
| percent hispanic | 9.4 |
| percent black | 16.5 |
| percent asian | 3.6 |
| percent more than one race | 3.9 |
| percent other race | 0.5 |
| percent native american | 5.5 |
| cpvi | R+10 |
| percent more than one race = 3.9
North Carolina's 8th congressional district is a congressional district that comprises a large portion of the southern Piedmont area of North Carolina The district includes all of Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly, and Union counties as well as portions of Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, and Robeson counties.
The district is currently represented by Mark Harris, a member of the Republican Party.
Candidate filing began February 24, 2022, after the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map only used for the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections which then changed the 8th district boundaries to include Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Rowan, Stanly and Union Counties and parts of Cabarrus and Richmond counties. After the North Carolina General Assembly approved a new congressional map, the district's Cook Partisan Voting Index shifted from R+20 to R+10. While the district is more Democratic than its previous iteration, it is still considered to be one of the most Republican districts in North Carolina, tied with the 3rd congressional district.
Counties and communities
For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 legislative session), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.
Anson County (7)
: All seven communities Cabarrus County (6) : Concord (part; also 6th), Harrisburg, Kannapolis (part; also 6th), Locust (shared with Stanly County), Midland, Mount Pleasant
Mecklenburg County (3)
: Charlotte (part; also 12th and 14th), Matthews (part; also 12th), Mint Hill (part; also 12th)
Montgomery County (5)
: All five communities
Richmond County (9)
: All nine communities
Robeson County (14)
: Barker Ten Mile (part; also 7th), Elrod, Fairmont, Lumberton (part; also 7th), Marietta, Maxton (shared with Scotland County), McDonald, Pembroke, Prospect, Raemon, Raynham, Red Springs, Rowland, Wakulla
Scotland County (8)
: All eight communities Stanly County (12) : All 12 communities
Union County (15)
: All 15 communities
Recent election results from statewide races
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 57% - 42% | |
| Senate | Dole 51% - 46% | ||
| Governor | McCrory 59% - 39% | ||
| 2010 | Senate | Burr 62% - 36% | |
| 2012 | President | Romney 59% - 41% | |
| Governor | McCrory 65% - 33% | ||
| 2014 | Senate | Tillis 57% - 39% | |
| 2016 | President | Trump 58% - 38% | |
| Senate | Burr 59% - 37% | ||
| Governor | McCrory 58% - 40% | ||
| Lt. Governor | Forest 61% - 36% | ||
| Secretary of State | LaPaglia 57% - 43% | ||
| Auditor | Stuber 58% - 42% | ||
| Treasurer | Folwell 61% - 39% | ||
| Attorney General | Newton 58% - 42% | ||
| 2020 | President | Trump 58% - 40% | |
| Senate | Tillis 57% - 39% | ||
| Governor | Forest 55% - 44% | ||
| Lt. Governor | Robinson 60% - 40% | ||
| Secretary of State | Sykes 57% - 43% | ||
| Auditor | Street 58% - 42% | ||
| Treasurer | Folwell 61% - 39% | ||
| Attorney General | O'Neill 58% - 42% | ||
| 2022 | Senate | Budd 59% - 39% | |
| 2024 | President | Trump 59% - 40% | |
| Governor | Robinson 48% - 47% | ||
| Lt. Governor | Weatherman 56% - 42% | ||
| Secretary of State | Brown 58% - 42% | ||
| Auditor | Boliek 57% - 40% | ||
| Treasurer | Briner 61% - 39% | ||
| Attorney General | Bishop 57% - 43% |
List of members representing the district
| Member | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Residence) | Party | Years | Cong | ||||||
| ress | Electoral history | District location | |||||||
| District established March 4, 1793 | |||||||||
| William J. Dawson | |||||||||
| (Bertie County) | Anti-Administration | nowrap | March 4, 1793 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1795 | Elected in 1793. | ||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| Dempsey Burges | |||||||||
| (Camden County) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1795 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1799 | Elected in 1795. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1796. | |||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| [[File:NC-Congress-DavidStone.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| David Stone | |||||||||
| (Bertie County) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1799 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1801 | Re-elected in 1798. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1800. | |||||||||
| Declined to serve having also been elected U.S. senator. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – | |||||||
| December 7, 1801 | |||||||||
| Charles Johnson | |||||||||
| (Bandon) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 7, 1801 – | ||||||
| July 23, 1802 | Elected August 6, 1801, to finish Stone's term and seated December 7, 1801. | ||||||||
| Died. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | July 23, 1802 – | |||||||
| December 7, 1802 | |||||||||
| Thomas Wynns | |||||||||
| (Hertford County) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 7, 1802 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1803 | Elected October 15, 1802, to finish Johnson's term and seated December 7, 1802. | ||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| Richard Stanford | |||||||||
| (Hawfields) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1803 – | ||||||
| April 9, 1816 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1803. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1804. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1806. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1808. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1810. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1813. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1815. | |||||||||
| Died. | 1803–1813 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 9, 1816 – | |||||||
| December 2, 1816 | 1813–1843 | ||||||||
| Samuel Dickens | |||||||||
| (Mount Tirzah) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | December 2, 1816 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1817 | Elected to finish Stanford's term. | ||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| James S. Smith | |||||||||
| (Hillsboro) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1817 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1817. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1819. | |||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| Josiah Crudup | |||||||||
| (Raleigh) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1821. | ||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| [[File:Willie Mangum.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Willie P. Mangum | |||||||||
| (Red Mountain) | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1823. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1825. | |||||||||
| Resigned. | |||||||||
| Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – | |||||||
| March 18, 1826 | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 18, 1826 – | |||||||
| December 4, 1826 | |||||||||
| Daniel L. Barringer | |||||||||
| (Raleigh) | Jacksonian | nowrap | December 4, 1826 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1833 | Elected November 3, 1826, to finish Mangum's term and seated December 4, 1826. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1827. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1829. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1831. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1833. | |||||||||
| Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – | |||||||
| March 3, 1835 | |||||||||
| William Montgomery | |||||||||
| (Albrights) | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1835 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1835. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1837. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1839. | |||||||||
| Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – | |||||||
| March 3, 1841 | |||||||||
| [[File:Romulus Mitchell Saunders.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Romulus M. Saunders | |||||||||
| (Raleigh) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1841. | ||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| Archibald Hunter Arrington | |||||||||
| (Hilliardston) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1845 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1843. | ||||||||
| Henry S. Clark | |||||||||
| (Washington) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1845. | ||||||||
| [[File:Richard Spaight Donnell.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Richard S. Donnell | |||||||||
| (New Bern) | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1849 | Elected in 1847. | ||||||||
| [[File:Edward Stanly by Brady.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Edward Stanly | |||||||||
| (Washington) | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1849. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1851. | |||||||||
| [[File:Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, N.C - NARA - 528409.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Thomas L. Clingman | |||||||||
| (Asheville) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – | ||||||
| May 7, 1858 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1853. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1855. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1857. | |||||||||
| Resigned when appointed U.S. senator. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | May 7, 1858 – | |||||||
| December 7, 1858 | |||||||||
| [[File:Zebulon Baird Vance - Brady-Handy.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Zebulon B. Vance | |||||||||
| (Asheville) | American | nowrap | December 7, 1858 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1861 | Elected to finish Clingman's term. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1859. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – | |||||||
| July 20, 1868 | Civil War and Reconstruction | ||||||||
| District dissolved July 6, 1868 | |||||||||
| District re-established March 4, 1873 | |||||||||
| [[File:RobertBVance.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robert B. Vance | |||||||||
| (Hawfields) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1885 | Elected in 1872. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1874. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1876. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1878. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1880. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1882. | |||||||||
| [[File:William H. H. Cowles.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| William H. H. Cowles | |||||||||
| (Wilkesboro) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1884. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1886. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1888. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1890. | |||||||||
| William H. Bower | |||||||||
| (Lenoir) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1895 | Elected in 1892. | ||||||||
| [[File:Romulus Zachariah Linney.jpeg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Romulus Z. Linney | |||||||||
| (Taylorsville) | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1894. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1896. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1898. | |||||||||
| [[File:Edmond Spencer Blackburn.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| E. Spencer Blackburn | |||||||||
| (Wilkesboro) | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1901 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1900. | ||||||||
| Theodore F. Kluttz | |||||||||
| (Salisbury) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1905 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902. | ||||||||
| [[File:Edmond Spencer Blackburn.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| E. Spencer Blackburn | |||||||||
| (Wilkesboro) | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1905 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1907 | Elected in 1904. | ||||||||
| [[File:Richard N. Hackett 1900-1901 (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Richard N. Hackett | |||||||||
| (Wilkesboro) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1907 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1909 | Elected in 1906. | ||||||||
| [[File:Charles Holden Cowles.png | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Charles H. Cowles | |||||||||
| (Wilkesboro) | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1909 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1911 | Elected in 1908. | ||||||||
| [[File:DOUGHTON, R.L. HONORABLE LCCN2016858057 (resized).jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robert L. Doughton | |||||||||
| (Laurel Springs) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1911 – | ||||||
| March 3, 1933 | Elected in 1910. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1912. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1914. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1916. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1918. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1920. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1922. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1924. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1926. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1928. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1930. | |||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| Walter Lambeth | |||||||||
| (Thomasville) | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1939 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1934. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1936. | |||||||||
| [[File:William O Burgin NC.png | 100px]] | ||||||||
| William O. Burgin | |||||||||
| (Lexington) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1939 – | ||||||
| April 11, 1946 | Elected in 1938. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1940. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1942. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1944. | |||||||||
| Died. | |||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 11, 1946 – | |||||||
| May 25, 1946 | |||||||||
| [[File:Eliza Pratt.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Eliza Pratt | |||||||||
| (Lexington) | Democratic | nowrap | May 25, 1946 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1947 | Elected to finish Burgin's term. | ||||||||
| [[File:Charles B. Deane.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Charles B. Deane | |||||||||
| (Rockingham) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1957 | Elected in 1946. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1948. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1950. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1952. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1954. | |||||||||
| [[File:A_Paul_Kitchin.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Alvin Paul Kitchin | |||||||||
| (Wadesboro) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1957 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1963 | Elected in 1956. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1958. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1960. | |||||||||
| Lost re-election after redistricting. | |||||||||
| [[File:Charles R. Jonas.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Charles R. Jonas | |||||||||
| (Lincolnton) | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1969 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1964. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1966. | |||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | |||||||||
| [[File:Earl B. Ruth.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Earl B. Ruth | |||||||||
| (Salisbury) | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1969 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1975 | Elected in 1968. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1970. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1972. | |||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| [[File:Bill Hefner.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Bill Hefner | |||||||||
| (Concord) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1975 – | ||||||
| January 3, 1999 | Elected in 1974. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1976. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1978. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1980. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1982. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1984. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1986. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1988. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1990. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1992. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1994. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 1996. | |||||||||
| Retired. | |||||||||
| [[File:Robin Hayes, official 109th Congress photo.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Robin Hayes | |||||||||
| (Concord) | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1999 – | ||||||
| January 3, 2009 | Elected in 1998. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 2000. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2002. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2004. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2006. | |||||||||
| Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| [[File:Larrykissell.jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Larry Kissell | |||||||||
| (Biscoe) | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2009 – | ||||||
| January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2008. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 2010. | |||||||||
| Lost re-election. | 2003–2013[[File:NC-Congress-8.PNG | center | frameless | 300x300px]] | |||||
| [[File:Richard Hudson, official portrait, 115th Congress (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Richard Hudson | |||||||||
| (Concord) | Republican | January 3, 2013 – | |||||||
| January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2012. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 2014. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2016. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2018. | |||||||||
| Re-elected in 2020. | |||||||||
| Redistricted to the . | 2013–2017[[File:North Carolina US Congressional District 8 (since 2013).tif | center | frameless | 300x300px]] | |||||
| 2017–2021[[File:North Carolina US Congressional District 8 (since 2017).tif | center | frameless | 300x300px]] | ||||||
| 2021–2023[[File:North Carolina's 8th congressional district (since 2021).png | 300x300px | Static map of 2021-3 congressional district | center | frameless]] | |||||
| [[File:Representative Dan Bishop of NC (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Dan Bishop | |||||||||
| (Waxhaw) | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – | ||||||
| January 3, 2025 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | ||||||||
| Retired to run for attorney general of North Carolina. | 2023–2025 | ||||||||
| [[File:North Carolina's 8th congressional district (2023–2025) (new version).svg | alt=District boundaries from 2023 to 2025 | 300px]] | |||||||
| [[File:Harris Mark 119th Congress (crop2).jpg | 100px]] | ||||||||
| Mark Harris | |||||||||
| (Indian Trail) | Republican | January 3, 2025 – | |||||||
| present | Elected in 2024. | 2025–present | |||||||
| [[File:North Carolina's 8th congressional district (since 2025) (new version).svg | 300px]] |
Past election results
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
References
References
- "My Congressional District". U.S. Census Bureau Center for New Media and Promotion (CNMP).
- (April 3, 2025). "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
- Battaglia, Danielle. (February 24, 2022). "NC member of Congress announces where he'll run, a day after floating other options". [[The Charlotte Observer]].
- (October 26, 2023). "johnlocke NC 2024 Congressional with Estimated PVI, October 2023".
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- "What the NC Supreme Court decision means for redistricting in the state and elsewhere".
- Lopez, Ashley. (2023-10-25). "North Carolina lawmakers approve maps creating gains for the GOP in Congress". NPR.
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