Elections · U.S. House, District 8 · North Carolina
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Raised for this seat
$53K
Through September 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$7.5K
Through September 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Watson faces Mark Harris and Bo Whitehead for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: North Carolina State Board of Elections. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 24%$13K
- Large donors
- 19%$10K
- PACs
- 3%$1.8K
- Party
- 6%$3K
- Self-funding
- 48%$25K
- Other
- --
Receipts reported through September 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in North Carolina
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 25 days before, or same-day during the early-voting period in person.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 765K
- Median household income
- $81K
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
- Living below the poverty line
- 12.1%
- Without health insurance
- 8.5%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Mark Harris$1.0M
- Jesse Oppenheim$314K
- Colby Watsonthis page$53K
- Bo Whitehead-
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.
Record in office
Watson does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
What the campaign says, on colbyforcongress.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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