[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Mark Harris

Republican · Representative, NC ·8

Score Components

33 ELEVATED

Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

20 → 5

Contradiction Risk 25%

92 → 23

Intelligence Volume 10%

50 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population share: Approximately 8% (concentrated in food processing and construction workforce)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median age: 39.1

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: Approximately 67%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: R+16

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: Approximately 27% (below North Carolina average of 33.9% and national average of 33.7%)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: Approximately 13% (Rowan County approximately 15%, above state and national averages)

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: Approximately 10%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: Approximately 15%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White non-Hispanic population share: Approximately 70%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: Approximately $61,400 (near North Carolina median of $65,070; below national median of $74,580)

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: North Carolina Constitutional Amendment — Right to Hunt and Fish (2018) (2018) — passed, margin Statewide: 57% Yes — 43% No

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: North Carolina Constitutional Amendment — Photo Voter ID Requirement (2018) (2018) — passed, margin Statewide: 55% Yes — 45% No

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 71 Arts Entertainment and Recreation (motorsports) (share 0.05)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 Retail Trade (share 0.11)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 33 Manufacturing (share 0.13)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 Educational Services (share 0.08)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.17)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Rowan Regional Medical Center (Novant Health) (2200 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Rowan-Salisbury Schools (3200 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Cabarrus County Schools (4200 employees)

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No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (119th Congress)	yea_unverified	2025-07-03	misaligned
Laken Riley Act (119th Congress)	yea_unverified	2025-01-07	mixed

Last contradiction analysis: Never

statement_vs_disclosure 90/100

Platform: "During the North Carolina State Board of Elections evidentiary hearing in February 2019, Harris testified that he was unaware of any illegal absentee "

Vote: on "Harris's son John Harris, an attorney, testified at the same State Board of Elections hearing that h"

Harris's testimony that he was unaware of McCrae Dowless's illegal activities is directly contradicted by his own son's sworn testimony — delivered in the same hearing — that John Harris sent his father an explicit written warning about Dowless's app

platform_vs_vote 90/100

Platform: "Harris has campaigned on election integrity as a central platform commitment, stating in his 2024 campaign materials and public appearances that prote"

Vote: on "During the North Carolina State Board of Elections evidentiary hearing in February 2019, Harris test"

Harris's current election integrity platform — a central theme of his successful 2024 campaign — sits in documented tension with his role as the candidate whose 2018 campaign employed McCrae Dowless, whose illegal absentee ballot scheme produced the

Last silence detection: Never

McCrae Dowless absentee ballot fraud conviction and its implications for Harris's stated election integrity platform

730d silent

Expected position: Harris has run as a proponent of election integrity and has spoken on election security topics as a House member. McCrae Dowless — the operative who ran the illegal absentee ballot

NASCAR and motorsports industry regulatory and tax treatment given Charlotte Motor Speedway's location in his district

119d silent

Expected position: Charlotte Motor Speedway — NASCAR's flagship venue and NASCAR's corporate headquarters — are located in Concord, Cabarrus County, within NC-08. The motorsports industry is among the

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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