Representative · North Carolina's 8th district

Mark Harris

Mark Harris is a Republican representative for North Carolina's 8th district, in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 0, and cast 467 of 471 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2025
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6750.0%0 of 675 · rank 413 of 43999%467 of 471 · rank 111 of 439170 became law2%4 of 215

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.80+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
  2. Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
  3. Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

17 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1376%
  2. Passed one chamber424%

Policy areas

  1. Crime and Law Enforcement5
  2. Education5
  3. Immigration2
  4. Labor and Employment2
  5. Agriculture and Food1
  6. Congress1
  7. Taxation1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 4499 To make technical amendments to update statutory references to provisions reclassified to title 34, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.
    Passed one chamber· Crime and Law Enforcement· Sep 14, 2026
  2. H.R. 9611 Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act
    Introduced· Education· Jul 15, 2026
  3. H.R. 9610 Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act
    Introduced· Education· Jul 15, 2026
  4. H.R. 9580 PARITY Act
    Introduced· Education· Jul 2, 2026
  5. H.R. 5625 Cashless Bail Reporting Act
    Passed one chamber· Crime and Law Enforcement· May 18, 2026
  6. H.R. 8374 Equal Treatment for Farmers Act
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Apr 20, 2026
  7. H.R. 6392 Home School Graduation Recognition Act
    Passed one chamber· Education· Mar 17, 2026
  8. H.R. 6715 Child Predators Accountability Act
    Passed one chamber· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jan 13, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to North Carolina's 8th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$77.9M
Per resident
$101
Rank in North Carolina
12 of 14
Contract actions
6,596
New awards: 6,315

By fiscal year

  1. 130.7MFY2017
  2. 155.8MFY2018
  3. 170.2MFY2019
  4. 143.2MFY2020
  5. 107.3MFY2021
  6. 128.8MFY2022
  7. 162.5MFY2023
  8. 162.2MFY2024
  9. 164.7MFY2025
  10. 77.9MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department of Defense
  3. Department of Defense
  4. Department of Agriculture
  5. Department of Justice
  6. Department of Homeland Security
  7. Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

  1. 18 awards
  2. 1 award
  3. 56 awards
  4. 8 awards
  5. 29 awards
  6. 5,443 awards
  7. 17 awards
  8. 1 award
  9. 15 awards
  10. 1 award
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$517.9K
From committees
$188K
86 committees
From contractor PACs
$8,500
6 PACs · 5% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$2,500AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
tyson foods inc.tyson foods inc political action committee (typac)$2,000TYSON FOODS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$226.3M
national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac)$1,000NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family$2M
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$1,000NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac)$1,000DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$17.5M
health care service corporationhealth care service corporation employees' political action committee$1,000HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, A MUTUAL LEGAL RESERVE COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$16M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1M$188K$8,5006 PACs · 5% of committee money
2024$838K$150.9K$2,5001 PACs · 2% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · North Carolina's 8th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
126 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.