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2026 midterms · Candidate

Republican · Candidate · U.S. House, North Carolina’s 10th District · Incumbent

Portrait of Pat Harrigan, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
80%
of statements discuss policy

In the top 5% of Republican House incumbents (their average is 61%; Harrigan ranks 6th of 221, where 1st is the highest rate), from 2,353 statements.

An AI model reads everything Harrigan publishes in office (posts, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) and marks whether each discusses a specific policy; the rate is the share marked.

What Harrigan says

80% of Harrigan’s statements discuss policy, in the top 5% of Republican House incumbents. Their average is 61%.

An AI model reads everything Harrigan publishes in office and marks five kinds of statement; the rate is the share of statements with each label. The thin grey bar is the average of the 221 Republican House incumbents with 50 or more statements, and the rank places Harrigan among them (1st is the highest rate). A rate describes what was said, not whether it was right.

How often does Harrigan make each kind of statement?

Share of statements: Harrigan (thick bar) against the Republican House incumbents average (thin grey bar)

0%80%
Harrigan
Average
Rank
Personal attacks
1.7%
2.4%
104th of 221
Policy criticism
16%
18%
129th of 221
Policy discussion
80%
61%
6th of 221
Bipartisanship
4.1%
5.5%
133rd of 221
Credit claiming
35%
22%
13th of 221
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Harrigan’s share of statements of each kind, against the Republican House incumbents average: Personal attacks 1.7%, Policy criticism 16%, Policy discussion 80%, Bipartisanship 4.1%, Credit claiming 35%.
RowHarriganAverage
Personal attacks1.7%2.4%
Policy criticism16%18%
Policy discussion80%61%
Bipartisanship4.1%5.5%
Credit claiming35%22%
2,353

statements classified

From everything they publish in office: posts, press releases, newsletters and floor speeches.

Awards

  • Accomplishments LeaderTop 3% in credit claiming among all ranked candidates, the lab’s rule.
  • Policy Discussion LeaderTop 3% in policy discussion among all ranked candidates, the lab’s rule.

This compares Harrigan with other candidates. Harrigan’s official profile compares Harrigan with fellow office-holders and has every statement, vote and bill.

The five kinds of statement

Personal attacks. Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

Policy criticism. Objects to a specific policy, law or court ruling with fact-based arguments, without personal attacks or emotional appeals.

Policy discussion. Discusses a specific public policy or policy area (health care, taxes, defense, …).

Bipartisanship. Emphasises working across the aisle, compromise or common ground between the parties.

Credit claiming. Claims credit for passing legislation, securing funding or grants, or other accomplishments in office.

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Money

Harrigan reports $1.3M raised and $463.0K cash on hand. By money raised, 1st of the two candidates on this race’s list with FEC figures.

Totals the campaign reports to the Federal Election Commission for the 2026 cycle, as filed.

Raised

$1.3M

Spent

$908.1K

Cash on hand

$463.0K

Where has Harrigan’s money come from?

Receipts by source, as reported to the FEC

Individuals: $741.8K (61.4%)Individuals $741.8KPACs: $467.2K (38.6%)PACs $467.2K
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Harrigan’s receipts by source: Individuals $741.8K, PACs $467.2K, Party committees $0, Own money $0, Candidate loans $0.
PartValue
Individuals$741.8K
PACs$467.2K
Party committees$0
Own money$0
Candidate loans$0
Notes
Sources are the FEC’s categories; what is left (transfers, refunds, other receipts) is not drawn. The race page compares every candidate in the race.

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Online

Harrigan’s posts on X from Oct 1, 2025 to Oct 26, 2026. Followers and the average likes and views per post, from the posts the lab has collected.

Engagement is what X reports for each collected post, averaged; it measures reach, not support.

Followers

Not on file

Likes per post

82

Views per post

4K

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The race

North Carolina 10th District: Harrigan is not among the candidates recorded as advancing from this primary. Primary Mar 3, 2026, runoff Apr 14, 2026. General election Nov 3, 2026.

This race is not among the races the lab lists as rated toss-up or leaning.

Who else is on the list?

Candidates recorded as advancing from the primary

The race page compares every candidate’s statements and money · every race in North Carolina

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

The headline. Each candidate’s headline is chosen by one rule for everyone. The peer group is the ranked candidates (50 or more statements) of the same party, for the same office and measured on the same record, widened to both parties when it has fewer than 10. Each kind of statement is scored by how far the candidate sits from the middle of the group (|percentile − 0.5|, ties counting half); the farthest leads if it is outside the middle half (above 0.25), scores within 0.03 tie and fall to a fixed order, and a high rate backed by fewer than 10 labelled statements cannot lead. Otherwise the headline is a plain count.

The statements. As an incumbent member of Congress, this candidate is measured on everything the lab collects from them in office: posts on X, press releases, newsletters and floor speeches. An AI model marks each statement for five kinds of statement; rates are shown from 10 statements and ranked from 50.

The race. Candidates come from FEC filings (House and Senate), the lab’s list of sitting members of Congress, and the lab’s list of candidates for governor. The lab records each primary’s result once it is official. House districts follow FEC filings; a sitting member is placed in the race for the seat they hold now.

Identifiers. FEC candidate id H2NC13243 (FEC record). Bioguide id H001101. First FEC filing Jan 24, 2022.

Money and reach. Campaign money is as reported to the FEC. Followers, likes and views are what X reports for the posts the lab collected, the latest from Oct 26, 2026.

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