Official portrait of Mark Harris
U.S. House

Mark Harris

U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s 8th District

Party
Republican
In office since
January 3, 2025
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for the House in NC-8

Candidates registered with the FEC for NC-8 in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Mark HarrisIncumbentRepublican$1.0M$518K
Jesse OppenheimDemocrat$314K$49K
Colby WatsonDemocrat$40K$2,343

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through June 30, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments3
  • House Committee on Agriculture
    • Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture
    • General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
    • Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce
    • Higher Education and Workforce Development
    • Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
    • The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
    • The Constitution and Limited Government
Contact
Washington office
126 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3308

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

More on Harris: Congress.gov · FEC filings · Ballotpedia · Wikipedia · GovTrack