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2026 forecast · North Carolina 8th

Mark Harris is very likely to win North Carolina's 8th District.

Colby Watson vs Mark Harris. The model has Harris ahead by 10.3 points, winning 93 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +10.3Updated October 28, 2026
Colby Watson
Democrat
44.3%
139,241 projected votes
Mark Harris
Republican
54.6%
171,777 projected votes
93%Harris
7%Watson
Harris very likelyEach square is one simulated election night, Harris wins about 93 of 100
RatingLikely R93% chance for Harris
Model marginR +10.3No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +1.4 to R +19.22,000 simulations
Projected votes314,513Harris 54.6%

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 · 7% to win
44.3%
Mark HarrisRepublican · 93% to win
54.6%

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 R171,77754.6%
Colby Watson D139,24144.3%
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%7% Watson93% Harris19 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 +10.3
Chance of winning
Colby Watson7%
Mark Harris93%
Simulated vote
Colby Watson44.3%
Mark Harris54.6%
Bo Whitehead1.1%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +19.0
FundamentalsR +10.5
With pollsR +10.3

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 +10.5With pollsno pollsR +10.3
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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.