Harris, Mark
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Mark Everette Harris (born April 24, 1966) is an American Baptist pastor and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district since 2025. Harris first ran for the United States Senate in 2014, placing third in the Republican primary. He then ran to represent North Carolina's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in the 2016 election, but he was defeated in the Republican primary by incumbent Robert Pittenger. Harris ran for the 9th district again in 2018, narrowly defeating Pittenger in the Republican primary. In the general election against Democratic opponent Dan McCready, initial tallies appeared to show Harris winning the election, but an election panel declined to certify these results following allegations of ballot fraud involving McCrae Dowless, a Republican political operative employed by the Harris campaign. Dowless was later criminally charged in connection with the alleged fraud, but Harris was not charged. In February 2019, the bipartisan North Carolina Board of Elections dismissed the results of the election and called for a new election to be held. Harris was not a candidate in the new election, which was won by fellow Republican Dan Bishop. Harris then announced his bid for the 8th district in 2024, following Bishop's decision to retire and instead run for Attorney General. After defeating five opponents to win the Republican nomination, Harris went on to win the general election in a comeback bid.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Harris, Mark
- First name
- Mark
- Last name
- Harris
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- North Carolina 8th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- North Carolina 8th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Mixed official FEC and derived summary data
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $837,984.14
- Total disbursements
- $730,451.42
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $837,984.14 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals cannot be reconciled to committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $545,245.00
- Itemized
- $545,245.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 609 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $545,245.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $100,350.00;Transactions: 53;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $10,500.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $58,485.00;Transactions: 89;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $30,075.00;Transactions: 49;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $47,100.00;Transactions: 47;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $28,440.00;Transactions: 47;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $20,300.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $57,175.00;Transactions: 44;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $57,025.00;Transactions: 52;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $61,495.00;Transactions: 70;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $6,240.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $36,650.00;Transactions: 61;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $17,720.00;Transactions: 46;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $13,690.00;Transactions: 16;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $545,245.00 across 609 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $9,970.00;Transactions: 113 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $41,425.00;Transactions: 161 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $70,150.00;Transactions: 136 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $115,100.00;Transactions: 110 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $308,600.00;Transactions: 89 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 40% in district
- District share basis
- $212,015.00 in district and $321,930.00 out of district; $11,300.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $11,300.00 with 13 reported transactions; visible denominator is $545,245.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $212,015.00;Transactions: 210;Denominator: $545,245.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $284,485.00;Transactions: 344;Denominator: $545,245.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $37,445.00;Transactions: 42;Denominator: $545,245.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $11,300.00;Transactions: 13;Denominator: $545,245.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| CARSTEN, KATHERINE M | $10,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| HORNE, CHRIS | $9,900.00 | 4 transactions |
| BUTLER, DONALD R | $9,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| CHERRY, LINDA | $9,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| DIMICCO, DANIEL | $9,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| LAMB, JOHN R | $9,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| GOLDING, ERNEST G | $7,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| HELMS, LARRY S | $7,250.00 | 2 transactions |
| LATHAM, JUDY R | $6,600.00 | 5 transactions |
| GLEASON, STEFAN H. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $268,340.00 | 338 transactions |
| NO EMPLOYER | $20,550.00 | 6 transactions |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| VETERANS GUARDIAN | $10,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| HORNE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING | $9,900.00 | 4 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $8,250.00 | 8 transactions |
| ASCENSION MARKETING GROUP | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CSA CHEERLEADING | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| EDGE GRADING & HAULING | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| MOORESVILLE DEALERSHIP | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $67,750.00 | 21 transactions |
| Transportation | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
Classified: $13,200.00 and 3 transactions out of $80,950.00 and 24 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4NC08066
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H4NC08066
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H6NC09200
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:H001102
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4NC08066:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4NC08066:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6NC09200:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- H001102
- fec_candidate_id
- H6NC09200
- fec_candidate_ids
- H6NC09200,H4NC08066
- govtrack_id
- 457002
- wikidata_id
- Q55622212