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+10. While the district is more Democratic than its previous iteration, it is still the most Republican district in North Carolina.

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.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST37/CD119_NC08.pdf

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 Results2008 PresidentMcCain 57% - 42% SenateDole 51% - 46% GovernorMcCrory 59% - 39%2010 SenateBurr 62% - 36%2012 PresidentRomney 59% - 41% GovernorMcCrory 65% - 33%2014 SenateTillis 57% - 39%2016 PresidentTrump 58% - 38% SenateBurr 59% - 37% GovernorMcCrory 58% - 40% Lt. GovernorForest 61% - 36% Secretary of StateLaPaglia 57% - 43% AuditorStuber 58% - 42% TreasurerFolwell 61% - 39% Attorney GeneralNewton 58% - 42%2020 PresidentTrump 58% - 40% SenateTillis 57% - 39% GovernorForest 55% - 44% Lt. GovernorRobinson 60% - 40% Secretary of StateSykes 57% - 43% AuditorStreet 58% - 42% TreasurerFolwell 61% - 39% Attorney GeneralO'Neill 58% - 42%2022 SenateBudd 59% - 39%2024 PresidentTrump 59% - 40% GovernorRobinson 48% - 47% Lt. GovernorWeatherman 56% - 42% Secretary of StateBrown 58% - 42% AuditorBoliek 57% - 40% TreasurerBriner 61% - 39% Attorney GeneralBishop 57% - 43%

List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District established March 4, 1793 William J. Dawson Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 Elected in 1793.Lost re-election. Dempsey Burges Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1799 Elected in 1795.Re-elected in 1796.Lost re-election. David Stone Democratic-Republican 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 March 4, 1801 –December 7, 1801 Charles Johnson 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 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 . Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican 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 April 9, 1816 –December 2, 1816 1813–1843 Samuel Dickens Democratic-Republican December 2, 1816 –March 3, 1817 Elected to finish Stanford's term.Lost re-election. James S. Smith Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1821 Elected in 1817.Re-elected in 1819.Retired. Josiah Crudup Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –March 3, 1823 Elected in 1821.Retired. Willie P. Mangum Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1823.Re-elected in 1825.Resigned. Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 18, 1826 Vacant March 18, 1826 –December 4, 1826 Daniel L. Barringer Jacksonian 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 March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 William Montgomery Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1835.Re-elected in 1837.Re-elected in 1839. Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1841 Romulus M. Saunders Democratic March 4, 1841 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1841.Redistricted to the . Archibald Hunter Arrington Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1843. Henry S. Clark Democratic March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1845. Richard S. Donnell Whig March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1849 Elected in 1847. Edward Stanly Whig March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1849.Re-elected in 1851. Thomas L. Clingman Democratic 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 May 7, 1858 –December 7, 1858 Zebulon B. Vance American December 7, 1858 –March 3, 1861 Elected to finish Clingman's term.Re-elected in 1859. Vacant March 4, 1861 –July 20, 1868 Civil War and Reconstruction District dissolved July 6, 1868 District re-established March 4, 1873 Robert B. Vance Democratic 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. William H. H. Cowles Democratic March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1884.Re-elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888.Re-elected in 1890. William H. Bower Democratic March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Elected in 1892. Romulus Z. Linney Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1901 Elected in 1894.Re-elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898. E. Spencer Blackburn Republican March 4, 1901 –March 3, 1903 Elected in 1900. Theodore F. Kluttz Democratic March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1905 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902. E. Spencer Blackburn Republican March 4, 1905 –March 3, 1907 Elected in 1904. Richard N. Hackett Democratic March 4, 1907 –March 3, 1909 Elected in 1906. Charles H. Cowles Republican March 4, 1909 –March 3, 1911 Elected in 1908. Robert L. Doughton Democratic 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 Democratic March 4, 1933 –January 3, 1939 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936. William O. Burgin Democratic January 3, 1939 –April 11, 1946 Elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Died. Vacant April 11, 1946 –May 25, 1946 Eliza Pratt Democratic May 25, 1946 –January 3, 1947 Elected to finish Burgin's term. Charles B. Deane Democratic 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. Alvin Paul Kitchin Democratic January 3, 1957 –January 3, 1963 Elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Lost re-election after redistricting. Charles R. Jonas Republican 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 . Earl B. Ruth Republican January 3, 1969 –January 3, 1975 Elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972.Lost re-election. Bill Hefner Democratic 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. Robin Hayes Republican 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. Larry Kissell Democratic January 3, 2009 –January 3, 2013 Elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Lost re-election.2003–2013 Richard Hudson 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 .2013–20172017–20212021–2023 Dan Bishop Republican January 3, 2023 –January 3, 2025 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022.Retired to run for attorney general of North Carolina. 2023–2025Mark Harris RepublicanJanuary 3, 2025 –present Elected in 2024. 2025–present

Past election results 2012

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See also

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

Notes

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present