2026 forecast · North Carolina 8th

Mark Harris is all but certain to win North Carolina's 8th District.

Colby Watson vs Mark Harris. The model has Harris ahead by 16.0 points, winning 99 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +16.0Updated October 22, 2026
Colby Watson
Democrat
41.4%
130,348 projected votes
Mark Harris
Republican
57.4%
180,670 projected votes
99%Harris
1%Watson
Harris all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Harris wins about 99 of 100
RatingSafe R99% chance for Harris
Model marginR +16.0No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +7.0 to R +24.92,000 simulations
Projected votes314,513Harris 57.4%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

North Carolina districts

14 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Colby WatsonDemocrat · 1% to win
41.4%
Mark HarrisRepublican · 99% to win
57.4%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

314,513 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Mark Harris R180,67057.4%
Colby Watson D130,34841.4%
Bo Whitehead G3,4951.1%
Total314,513100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%1% Watson99% Harris15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Harris +16.0
Chance of winning
Colby Watson1%
Mark Harris99%
Simulated vote
Colby Watson41.4%
Mark Harris57.4%
Bo Whitehead1.1%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +19.0
FundamentalsR +16.4
With pollsR +16.4
Early vote turnoutD +0.4
With early voteR +16.0

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in North Carolina, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +23R +23Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +19.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +16.4With pollsno pollsR +16.4With early voteturnout so farR +16.0
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.