9th Congressional District: Latest Developments | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's note: This post appears here courtesy of the Carolina Journal.

    Carolina Journal will post the most recent developments in the continuing dispute over the outcome of the 2018 race for North Carolina's 9th U.S. Congressional District between Republican Rev. Mark Harris, Democrat Dan McCready, and Libertarian Jeff Scott. This story will be updated frequently.

    For CJ's full coverage of the 9th District controversy, visit here.

• Jan. 2: WSOC-TV's Allison Latos confirms Harris will speak to state elections board staff Thursday, Jan. 3, the date members of the 116th Congress are sworn in to office.
• Jan. 2: Former Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, used his morning radio show on WBT in Charlotte to announce he had no interest in filing for the 9th District seat if a new election is ordered. McCrory backs Harris, who won the election by 905 votes in an unofficial count. McCrory also said he will decide this year whether he'll run for governor in 2020 or U.S. Senate in 2022. Incumbent U.S. Sen. Richard Burr said he will retire in December 2021 at the end of his term.
• Dec. 31, 2018: Outgoing U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger, who lost the 2018 Republican primary to Harris, said he would not file for the seat again if a new election with a new filing period is ordered.