Mark Harris News and In-Depth Reporting

Mark Harris Is Not Asking For Forgiveness

Mark Harris outside the annual Unionville BBQ last November. (Robert Taylor for The Assembly)

The minister and politician stepped aside after ballot fraud tainted his congressional race. Now he says his seat was stolen—and he wants it back.

The Dutiful Son

John Harris campaigns through neighborhoods in Apex, North Carolina // Photos by Cornell Watson

As a candidate for the state House of Representatives, John Harris has to break out of the shadow of the 2018 ballot-harvesting scandal that implicated his father, Mark Harris, and made them both national figures.

McCrae Dowless’ Last Spin

Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. poses for a portrait outside of his home in Bladenboro, N.C. // Photo by Travis Long, The News & Observer via AP.

Dowless, a small-town vote wrangler who rose to national infamy over election fraud charges, was laid to rest on Saturday.