North Carolina's 8th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
Representative
Mark Harris
R–Indian Trail
Population (2024) 788,892[1]
Median household
income		 $81,435[1]
Ethnicity
  • 60.8% White
  • 16.5% Black
  • 9.4% Hispanic
  • 5.5% Native American
  • 3.9% Two or more races
  • 3.6% Asian
  • 0.5% other
Cook PVI R+10[2]

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.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

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.[7][8][9]

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[10]
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 March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795		 3rd Elected in 1793.
Lost re-election.
Dempsey Burges
(Camden County)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1799		 4th
5th		 Elected in 1795.
Re-elected in 1796.
Lost re-election.

David Stone
(Bertie County)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801		 6th Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1800.
Declined to serve having also been elected U.S. senator.
Vacant March 4, 1801 –
December 7, 1801		 7th
Charles Johnson
(Bandon)		 Democratic-Republican December 7, 1801 –
July 23, 1802		 Elected August 6, 1801, to finish Stone's term and seated December 7, 1801.
Died.
Vacant July 23, 1802 –
December 7, 1802
Thomas Wynns
(Hertford County)		 Democratic-Republican December 7, 1802 –
March 3, 1803		 Elected October 15, 1802, to finish Johnson's term and seated December 7, 1802.
Redistricted to the 1st district.
Richard Stanford
(Hawfields)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
April 9, 1816		 8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th		 Redistricted from the 4th district 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
"North Carolina congressional district map (1803–13)".[11]
Vacant April 9, 1816 –
December 2, 1816		 14th 1813–1843
"North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[11]
Samuel Dickens
(Mount Tirzah)		 Democratic-Republican December 2, 1816 –
March 3, 1817		 Elected to finish Stanford's term.
Lost re-election.
James S. Smith
(Hillsboro)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821		 15th
16th		 Elected in 1817.
Re-elected in 1819.
Retired.
Josiah Crudup
(Raleigh)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823		 17th Elected in 1821.
Retired.

Willie P. Mangum
(Red Mountain)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 18th
19th		 Elected in 1823.
Re-elected in 1825.
Resigned.
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 18, 1826
Vacant March 18, 1826 –
December 4, 1826		 19th
Daniel L. Barringer
(Raleigh)		 Jacksonian December 4, 1826 –
March 3, 1833		 19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd		 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.
[data missing]
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
William Montgomery
(Albrights)		 Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837		 24th
25th
26th		 Elected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837.
Re-elected in 1839.
[data missing]
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841

Romulus M. Saunders
(Raleigh)		 Democratic March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		 27th Elected in 1841.
Redistricted to the 5th district.
Archibald Hunter Arrington
(Hilliardston)		 Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 28th Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1843.
[data missing]
Henry S. Clark
(Washington)		 Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847		 29th Elected in 1845.
[data missing]

Richard S. Donnell
(New Bern)		 Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849		 30th Elected in 1847.
[data missing]

Edward Stanly
(Washington)		 Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853		 31st
32nd		 Elected in 1849.
Re-elected in 1851.
[data missing]

Thomas L. Clingman
(Asheville)		 Democratic March 4, 1853 –
May 7, 1858		 33rd
34th
35th		 Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1855.
Re-elected in 1857.
Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
Vacant May 7, 1858 –
December 7, 1858		 35th

Zebulon B. Vance
(Asheville)		 American December 7, 1858 –
March 3, 1861		 35th
36th		 Elected to finish Clingman's term.
Re-elected in 1859.
[data missing]
Vacant March 4, 1861 –
July 20, 1868		 37th
38th
39th
40th		 Civil War and Reconstruction
District dissolved July 6, 1868
District re-established March 4, 1873

Robert B. Vance
(Hawfields)		 Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1885		 43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th
48th		 Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
[data missing]

William H. H. Cowles
(Wilkesboro)		 Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1893		 49th
50th
51st
52nd		 Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
[data missing]
William H. Bower
(Lenoir)		 Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 53rd Elected in 1892.
[data missing]

Romulus Z. Linney
(Taylorsville)		 Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1901		 54th
55th
56th		 Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
[data missing]

E. Spencer Blackburn
(Wilkesboro)		 Republican March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903		 57th Elected in 1900.
[data missing]
Theodore F. Kluttz
(Salisbury)		 Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905		 58th Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1902.
[data missing]

E. Spencer Blackburn
(Wilkesboro)		 Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1907		 59th Elected in 1904.
[data missing]

Richard N. Hackett
(Wilkesboro)		 Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1909		 60th Elected in 1906.
[data missing]

Charles H. Cowles
(Wilkesboro)		 Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911		 61st Elected in 1908.
[data missing]

Robert L. Doughton
(Laurel Springs)		 Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1933		 62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd		 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 9th district.
Walter Lambeth
(Thomasville)		 Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939		 73rd
74th
75th		 Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
[data missing]

William O. Burgin
(Lexington)		 Democratic January 3, 1939 –
April 11, 1946		 76th
77th
78th
79th		 Elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Died.
Vacant April 11, 1946 –
May 25, 1946		 79th

Eliza Pratt
(Lexington)		 Democratic May 25, 1946 –
January 3, 1947		 Elected to finish Burgin's term.
[data missing]

Charles B. Deane
(Rockingham)		 Democratic January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1957		 80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th		 Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
[data missing]

Alvin Paul Kitchin
(Wadesboro)		 Democratic January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1963		 85th
86th
87th		 Elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Lost re-election after redistricting.

Charles R. Jonas
(Lincolnton)		 Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1969		 88th
89th
90th		 Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Redistricted to the 9th district.

Earl B. Ruth
(Salisbury)		 Republican January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1975		 91st
92nd
93rd		 Elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Lost re-election.

Bill Hefner
(Concord)		 Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1999		 94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th		 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.

Robin Hayes
(Concord)		 Republican January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2009		 106th
107th
108th
109th
110th		 Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Lost re-election.

Larry Kissell
(Biscoe)		 Democratic January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2013		 111th
112th		 Elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Lost re-election.		 2003–2013
2003–2013
2003–2013

Richard Hudson
(Concord)		 Republican January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023		 113th
114th
115th
116th
117th		 Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 9th district.		 2013–2017
2013–2017
2013–2017
2017–2021
2021–2023
Static map of 2021-3 congressional district
Static map of 2021-3 congressional district

Dan Bishop
(Waxhaw)		 Republican January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025		 118th Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2022.
Retired to run for attorney general of North Carolina.		 2023–2025
District boundaries from 2023 to 2025

Mark Harris
(Indian Trail)		 Republican January 3, 2025 –
present		 119th Elected in 2024. 2025–present

Past election results

2012

2012 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson 160,695 53.2
Democratic Larry Kissell (incumbent) 137,139 45.4
Independent Antonio Blue (write-in) 3,990 1.3
N/A Write-ins 456 0.1
Total votes 302,280 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2014

2014 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson (incumbent) 121,568 64.9
Democratic Antonio Blue 65,854 35.1
Total votes 187,422 100.0
Republican hold

2016

2016 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson (incumbent) 189,863 58.8
Democratic Thomas Mills 133,182 41.2
Total votes 323,045 100.0
Republican hold

2018

2018 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson (incumbent) 141,402 55.3
Democratic Frank McNeill 114,119 44.7
Total votes 255,521 100.0
Republican hold

2020

2020 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Hudson (incumbent) 202,774 53.3
Democratic Patricia Timmons-Goodson 177,781 46.7
Total votes 380,555 100.0
Republican hold

2022

2022 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Bishop (incumbent) 183,998 69.91
Democratic Scott Huffman 79,192 30.09
Total votes 263,190 100.00
Republican hold

2024

2024 North Carolina's 8th congressional district election[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Harris 238,640 59.6
Democratic Justin Dues 161,709 40.4
Total votes 400,349 100.0
Republican hold

See also

  • List of United States congressional districts
  • North Carolina's congressional districts

References

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  11. ^ a b "Data Courtesy of Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, and Lincoln Pritcher with Kenneth C. Martis". United States Congressional District Shapefiles.
  12. ^ "North Carolina General Elections Results 2012". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  13. ^ "North Carolina Official General Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on January 27, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  14. ^ "North Carolina Official General Election Results". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  15. ^ "District 8, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  16. ^ "State Composite Abstract Report - Contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  17. ^ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  18. ^ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

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