2012 North Carolina U.S. House District 8 Election

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Who won the 2012 North Carolina U.S. House District 8 Election?

Richard Hudson won the 2012 North Carolina U.S. House District 8 Election. Richard Hudson received 160,695 popular votes (53.16%). The main challenger was Larry Kissell (45.37%).

See the full head-to-head between Hudson and Kissell

Hudson +7.8 pts · won by 23,556 votes

Richard Hudson RepublicanWINNER53.16%

160,695 votes

Larry Kissell Democratic45.37%

137,139 votes

Other candidates received the remaining 1.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.

Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.