U.S. House, District 8: who gets your vote?
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Colby Watson
Running for U.S. House · North Carolina District 8
NationalDemocrat
Mark Harris
U.S. House · North Carolina District 8
NationalRepublican
Job fit
Top issues
Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)
Colby Watson
- Health care costs
"Healthcare should be about healing people, not maximizing profits. No American should have to choose between getting the care they need and facing financial ruin." 3 - Cost of living & jobs
"Cut the red tape that strangles small businesses and the skilled trades. Stop punishing the people who build, make, and fix things." 3 - Guns
"I also support and will defend the Second Amendment and the constitutional right of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms." 4
Mark Harris
No stated positions on file yet.
How they voted on top issues
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Who pays them
Colby Watson
Where the campaign money came from5
Checks
Colby Watson
No voting record to check yet
Mark Harris
Checks run: missed votes
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Sources
- About | Colby Watson For Congress · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
- Meet Mark | Congressman Mark Harris · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
- colbyforcongress.com used in: Top issues
- colbyforcongress.com used in: Top issues
- FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
- FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Bo Whitehead
GreenWe don't have campaign money records for this race yet.
Sources
1 Background: Bo Whitehead | The Election Hub · checked 2026-10-19
Mark Harris
RepublicanShown above🚩 $996K raised, 71% from large donors, 20% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $199,750.01 (20% of $996,472.14 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $170,505.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source 2
Sources
1 Background: Meet Mark | Congressman Mark Harris · checked 2026-10-19
2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle
Colby Watson
DemocratShown aboveNo federal record yet. Campaign money: $40K raised, 8% from large donors, 2% from organized interests. Group breakdown unavailable. The filed PAC total is known, but its givers have not been identified here.
Filed PAC total: $700.00 (2% of $39,569.45 raised), 2026 cycle. Group source 2
Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, protecting the right to own and carry guns, cutting pollution and moving to clean energy. 345
Sources
1 Background: About | Colby Watson For Congress · checked 2026-10-19
2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle
3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement
4 protecting the right to own and carry guns: Candidate statement
5 cutting pollution and moving to clean energy: Candidate statement