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Mark Harris
RWon the General, 2024 North Carolina U.S. House District 8
Former President, Baptist State Convention
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1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No
3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
2. Other or expanded principles
- Repeal and replacing the ACA with a plan that gives patients more choices and control over their healthcare and brings down premiums and healthcare cost.
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- No
2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes
3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer
"Mark Harris, senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlotte, called the measure to weaken the Johnson amendment “a step in the right direction” though he would prefer that it be repealed. Harris has participated in Pulpit Freedom Sunday, an initiative begun in 2008 by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative non-profit group, in which pastors take to the pulpit to protest the Johnson amendment. “Limiting the freedom of the pulpit, limiting what a pastor can preach is a terrible thing,” said Harris, a Republican who’s running against incumbent Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-N.C."
"The Rev. Mark Harris has decided to resign as senior pastor of Charlotte’s First Baptist Church as he weighs another run for Congress. On Sunday, Harris told the congregation he’s led for 12 years that he’d be leaving the church “in the near future … as I continue to look at undertaking a campaign” for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. That seat is held by fellow Republican Robert Pittenger, who beat Harris in the 2016 GOP primary by just 133 votes. In a Sunday night phone interview with the Observer, Harris said that he had planned to tell the church about his resignation at a later date, after the details of a transition had been worked out with church leaders. But he said he went ahead Sunday because of a fundraising email Pittenger sent to supporters last week quoting unnamed sources that said Harris would resign from the church and challenge him again."
"Dr. Mark Harris, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Charlotte, is considering another run for Congress. Harris is contemplating running in the March 2018 Republican primary in North Carolina's 9th District, which is currently held by Rep. Robert Pittenger. Harris confirmed to Channel 9 that he informed his congregation Sunday morning of his decision to step aside as senior pastor in the future. The church leadership will announce a transition plan July 2."
