# North Carolina's 8th congressional district

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+11 and while it's 9 points more Democratic then was previously, it is still considered to be one of the most Republican districts in North Carolina.

## Counties

* Anson County
* Cabarrus County (part)
* Mecklenburg County (part)
* Montgomery County
* Richmond County
* Robeson County (part)
* Scotland County
* Stanly County
* Union County

## Cities

* Albemarle
* Charlotte (part)
* Concord (part)
* Indian Trail
* Kannapolis (part)
* Laurinburg
* Locust
* Lumberton (part)
* Matthews
* Mint Hill
* Monroe
* Pembroke
* Rockingham
* Stallings
* Troy
* Wadesboro

## Recent election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President | McCain 57% - 42% |
| 2008 | Senate | Dole 51% - 46% |
| 2008 | Governor | McCrory 59% - 39% |
| 2010 | Senate | Burr 62% - 36% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 59% - 41% |
| 2012 | Governor | McCrory 65% - 33% |
| 2014 | Senate | Tillis 57% - 39% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 58% - 38% |
| 2016 | Senate | Burr 59% - 37% |
| 2016 | Governor | McCrory 58% - 40% |
| 2016 | Lt. Governor | Forest 61% - 36% |
| 2016 | Secretary of State | LaPaglia 57% - 43% |
| 2016 | Auditor | Stuber 58% - 42% |
| 2016 | Attorney General | Newton 58% - 42% |
| 2016 | Treasurer | Folwell 61% - 39% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 58% - 40% |
| 2020 | Senate | Tillis 57% - 39% |
| 2020 | Governor | Forest 55% - 44% |
| 2020 | Lt. Governor | Robinson 60% - 40% |
| 2020 | Secretary of State | Sykes 57% - 43% |
| 2020 | Auditor | Street 58% - 42% |
| 2020 | Attorney General | O'Neill 58% - 42% |
| 2020 | Treasurer | Folwell 61% - 39% |
| 2022 | Senate | Budd 59% - 39% |
| 2024 | President | Trump 59% - 40% |
| 2024 | Governor | Robinson 48% - 47% |
| 2024 | Lt. Governor | Weatherman 56% - 42% |
| 2024 | Secretary of State | Brown 58% - 42% |
| 2024 | Auditor | Boliek 59% - 41% |
| 2024 | Attorney General | Bishop 57% - 43% |
| 2024 | Treasurer | Briner 61% - 39% |

## 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 | Vacant | March 4, 1801 – December 7, 1801 | 7th | | |
| Charles Johnson (Bandon) | Democratic-Republican | December 7, 1801 – July 23, 1802 | 7th | Elected August 6, 1801, to finish Stone's term and seated December 7, 1801. Died. | |
| Vacant | Vacant | July 23, 1802 – December 7, 1802 | 7th | | |
| Thomas Wynns (Hertford County) | Democratic-Republican | December 7, 1802 – March 3, 1803 | 7th | 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)". |
| Vacant | Vacant | April 9, 1816 – December 2, 1816 | 14th | | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| Samuel Dickens (Mount Tirzah) | Democratic-Republican | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817 | 14th | Elected to finish Stanford's term. Lost re-election. | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| James S. Smith (Hillsboro) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | 15th 16th | Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Retired. | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| Josiah Crudup (Raleigh) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | 17th | Elected in 1821. Retired. | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| Willie P. Mangum (Red Mountain) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th 19th | Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Resigned. | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| Willie P. Mangum (Red Mountain) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 18, 1826 | 18th 19th | Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Resigned. | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| Vacant | Vacant | March 18, 1826 – December 4, 1826 | 19th | | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| 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] | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| Daniel L. Barringer (Raleigh) | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | 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] | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| 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] | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| William Montgomery (Albrights) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | 24th 25th 26th | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. [data missing] | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| Romulus M. Saunders (Raleigh) | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 5th district. | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)". |
| 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 | Vacant | May 7, 1858 – December 7, 1858 | 35th | | |
| Zebulon B. Vance (Asheville) | Democratic | December 7, 1858 – March 3, 1861 | 35th 36th | Elected to finish Clingman's term. Re-elected in 1859. [data missing] | |
| Vacant | Vacant | March 4, 1861 – July 20, 1868 | 37th 38th 39th 40th | Civil War and Reconstruction | 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 | Vacant | April 11, 1946 – May 25, 1946 | 79th | | |
| Eliza Pratt (Lexington) | Democratic | May 25, 1946 – January 3, 1947 | 79th | 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. | 2003–20132003–2013 |
| 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. | 2013–20172013–2017 |
| 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. | 2017–2021 |
| 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. | 2021–2023Static 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 |
| 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 :
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 302,280 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2014

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

### 2016

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

### 2018

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

### 2020

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

### 2022

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