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Mark Harris launched his campaign today for the Republican nomination for Congress in North Carolina’s 8th congressional district.
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2023 @ 3:19 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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With his congressional campaign in debt, his integrity under siege, his health in question, and a criminal investigation over corruption gathering steam, some political observers are doubtful.
Published: Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 @ 10:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Rev. Mark Harris has thrown in the towel on his hopes of going to Congress. He called for a new election in the 9th U.S. Congressional District as evidence mounted of election fraud in Bladen County during the 2018 election.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:20 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections on Thursday unanimously ordered a new election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District and two local contests in Bladen County.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 2:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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McCrae Dowless, the main person of interest in an alleged ballot harvesting ring that helped Republican Rev. Mark Harris defeat Democrat Dan McCready in November, appeared under subpoena at a State Board of Elections evidentiary hearing Monday but refused to testify.
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 2:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Rev. Mark Harris may know if he should plan to head to Washington, D.C. - or gear up for a new election in the contested 9th Congressional District - within a couple of weeks.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2019 @ 12:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper named three Democrats and two Republicans Thursday to the newly constituted State Board of Elections.
Published: Sunday, February 3rd, 2019 @ 6:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway ruled Tuesday that the State Board of Elections is in the best position to weigh the factual and legal issues related to the 9th Congressional District contest.
Published: Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 1:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes has released the following statement
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 4:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Republicans and Democrats held dueling news conferences Monday afternoon, trying to sway public opinion on the question of whether GOP Rep.-elect Mark Harris should be seated in the state's 9th U.S. Congressional District.
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019 @ 8:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican Rep.-elect Mark Harris says he expects a state court will certify him the winner of the disputed 9th U.S. Congressional District election.
Published: Saturday, January 19th, 2019 @ 3:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican Rep-elect Mark Harris will get his day in court. Thursday, Jan. 3, he filed a petition in Wake County Superior Court seeking to declare him the victor in the 9th U.S. Congressional District election
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 6:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The campaign of the Rev. Mark Harris, Republican nominee for the 9th U.S. Congressional District, Thursday will ask Wake County Superior Court to certify his victory in the 2018 election
Published: Sunday, January 6th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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
Published: Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 @ 2:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the term "whataboutism" may be relatively new - coined within the last few decades, and newly prominent in the age of Donald Trump - the logical fallacy it denotes is as ancient as politics itself
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Back in 1897, an eight-year-old girl, prompted by naysaying friends, wrote The New York Sun wanting the truth about the existence of Santa Claus. Today that letter might be answered by apparent congressman-elect Mark Harris, confirming not only Santa's existence...
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2018 @ 8:39 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The race between Republican Mark Harris and Democrat Dan McCready for the 9th U.S. Congressional District is one to watch
Published: Thursday, October 11th, 2018 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Rev. Mark Harris, who lost the 2016 Republican primary in the 9th Congressional District by 144 votes, won a rematch Tuesday with three-term incumbent Rep. Robert Pittenger
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 1:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Rev. Mark Harris, a Baptist minister and former Republican candidate for Congress and U.S. Senate, announced Monday he again would seek the GOP nomination for the state’s 9th Congressional District
Published: Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well, it's over. For all the talk about the Trump Revolution and a desire to send The Establishment a message - we got very little action to support ANY of that.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ 3:53 am
By: Brant Clifton
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On Saturday, the NCGOPe tossed out the party's first black chairman and replaced him with a, um, "intellectually-challenged" white man who documentary evidence clearly demonstrates was clearly outperformed by said ousted black man.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 @ 8:06 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We know it’s a major component of the left’s campaign strategy for 2016: demagogue the Confederate flag and make Southern Republicans PROVE they are not racists. It’s a move that would make Big Barry and Saul Alinsky’s rotting corpse proud.
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 @ 12:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In a state primary race with national implications, House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, defeated seven other candidates and won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kay Hagan. And in a contest that drew more than $1 million in independent expenditures...
Published: Sunday, May 11th, 2014 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We were heartened by the success of Mattie Lawson in an NC House primary on the Outer Banks, and state Rep. Larry Pittman's reelection victory in Cabarrus County.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Since no candidates landed knockout punches or committed breathtaking gaffes in the Republican primary debates for U.S. Senate, election analysts say the only unanswered question is whether front-runner Thom Tillis, the state House Speaker from Mecklenburg County, is forced into a runoff.
Published: Monday, May 5th, 2014 @ 4:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've been told by Pat McCrory, Karl Rove, National Right to Life, and countless members of the drive-by media that Thom Tillis is the most-electable candidate to take on Kay Hagan in November. The problem? THE POLLS.
Published: Friday, April 11th, 2014 @ 12:55 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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If North Carolina voters send Thom Tillis to Washington, they could find themselves in the same boat as Charlotte voters who recently elected Patrick Cannon as their mayor.
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 8:02 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We've done some extensive reporting on the speaker's activities on Jones Street. Greg Brannon – one of speaker Thom's opponents in the US Senate primary campaign has raised ethical questions about the state House's top man.
Published: Saturday, March 22nd, 2014 @ 6:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I had the opportunity for an audience with Charlotte pastor — and US Senate candidate — Mark Harris on Saturday. (I do have to commend him for not running away in terror after I introduced myself. For some reason, I scare some political candidates.)
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 12:17 am
By: Brant Clifton
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There's been quite a bit of suspicion for some time that Charlotte pastor Mark Harris' Senate campaign was merely a stalking horse to peel Tea Party votes away from Greg Brannon.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 2:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The mainstream media and the political establishment are trying to tell us that state House speaker Thom Tillis is all but nominated to take on Kay Hagan in November. Public Policy Polling has been tracking the race.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 10:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We took a look at Thom Tillis’s money in a previous post. Now, let’s look at the financial doings of Charlotte pastor-turned-candidate Mark Harris.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 7:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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While political analysts are trying to understand how the most recent municipal elections reflect the current climate and impact outcomes in the 2014 elections, there are two obvious conclusions of statewide note.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 11:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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