PRIORITIES
For Harris Walker, public service starts with one question:
Do our kids have a future here in Nash County?
That's why Harris is focused on:
Good jobs with good paychecks.
Harris will help recruit employers and back small businesses so families can cover their bills and build a future here at home.
Excellent schools and hands-on training.
Harris will push Raleigh to invest in teachers and expand partnerships with Nash Community College so local students and workers are first in line for local jobs.
Safe, healthy neighborhoods.
Harris will support law enforcement and prevention programs, as well as responsible gun ownership that keeps weapons out of the hands of violent criminals and domestic abusers.
Trustworthy, results-focused government.
Harris will listen, spend your tax dollars wisely, and fight for the freedoms that keep the government out of your doctor’s office, bedroom, and library.
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Good jobs with good paychecks.
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Excellent schools and hands-on training.
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Safe, healthy neighborhoods.
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Trustworthy, results-focused government.
Roots
Harris’s story is rooted in Eastern North Carolina. When his great-grandfather first arrived in this country from Lebanon, he came across an empty field, and where others saw decay, he saw possibility and potential. He built what became Mt. Olive Pickle Company—proof that hard work and determination can create opportunities that last for generations.
Harris’ parents were introduced while working at People's Bank here in Rocky Mount, where they and hundreds of other Nash County residents spent their careers. His mother’s side of the family helped start Simmons & Harris, a small real estate business that has been a mainstay in the community for more than a century, and where Harris’s wife, Isabella, works today.
Together, Harris and Isabella are raising their two young boys in Rocky Mount. They spend Saturdays at the farmers market and on the ballfield, and Sundays at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. They face the same challenges - and dream of the same opportunities - as every other Nash County family.
Meet Harris Walker
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Meet Harris Walker
Harris’s story is rooted in Eastern North Carolina. When his great-grandfather first arrived in this country from Lebanon, he came across an empty field, and where others saw decay, he saw possibility and potential. He built what became Mt. Olive Pickle Company—proof that hard work and determination can create opportunities that last for generations.
Harris’ parents were introduced by the President of Centura Bank, where they and hundreds of other Nash County residents spent their careers. His mother’s side of the family helped start Simmons & Harris, a small real estate business that has been a mainstay in the community for more than a century, and where Harris’s wife, Isabella, works today.
Together, Harris and Isabella are raising their two young boys in Rocky Mount. They spend Saturdays at the farmers market and on the ballfield, and Sundays at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. They face the same challenges - and dream of the same opportunities - as every other Nash County family.
Harris knows that leadership starts at home. He serves on the boards of the Boys & Girls Club of the Tar River Region, the UNC Nash Healthcare Foundation, Good Shepherd Day School, and other organizations that make our community safer, stronger, and healthier.
Harris is running for State Representative because the status quo is failing working families like the ones he grew up with.
The cost of groceries, power bills, insurance, and housing keeps climbing while politicians trade insults and chase fame instead of working to make life more affordable. In Raleigh, he’ll bring the approach he’s lived every day: practical, decent, laser-focused on results—people over politics, outcomes over outrage.
Harris has devoted his career to service and solutions. After graduating from High Point University, he spent a decade with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. There he developed a passion for economic and workforce development, collaborating with local community leaders to drive new lab initiatives, creating jobs, and partnering with school systems and community colleges to build training pipelines so local students and workers could step into fulfilling roles.
Today in the private sector, Harris works in advanced energy, strengthening the power grid we all rely on and helping create the jobs of tomorrow. The throughline is the same: turning big projects into local paychecks. He knows both sides of the table—how government can design incentives that actually deliver, and how employers decide where to invest for lasting impact.