Summary
Patrick Luke Harrigan (born June 21, 1987)[2] is an American politician from North Carolina. He is the member-elect for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina’s 10th congressional district.
Harrigan graduated from the Francis Parker School and the United States Military Academy, where he majored in nuclear engineering. He completed the Basic Officer Leaders Course and trained as an United States Army Ranger.
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Pat was born on the west coast and split his time between San Diego and small-town Wyoming.
Early Years
After graduating from West Point with a degree in Nuclear Engineering, Pat commissioned into the Infantry, completed Ranger School, and was sent to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, for his first assignment as Infantry Platoon Leader.
Education
Pat deployed to Afghanistan and took over a small air-access only combat outpost in the heart of the Arghandab valley. At 23 years old and in charge of roughly 350 Americans, Afghans, and expatriates, and responsible for nearly $100 million worth of infrastructure and equipment, it was a unique and formative leadership experience for Pat.
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Pat and his men enjoyed extraordinary success and upon returning to the United States, Pat volunteered and was selected for the Special Forces, and moved to North Carolina to complete Special Forces training.
After becoming a Green Beret, Pat returned to Afghanistan and led his Special Forces unit through increasingly difficult and challenging circumstances that corresponded with a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. At this time, it became clear to Pat that the United States had lost the political will to win, and we had a true crisis of leadership brewing in our country.
While on active duty, Pat and his wife Rocky created a small firearms business that operated from their double-wide trailer home outside of Fayetteville. It grew out of their living room, then grew out of their garage, and then grew out of the warehouse they built behind the double-wide!
Business
When Pat left the Army, the pair had created a contract-manufacturing powerhouse, which Pat and his partners later grew into a manufacturing powerhouse. They purchased a 120,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and have been manufacturing American made defense products in Western North Carolina ever since.
Pat and his amazing wife Rocky have been married for 13 years and have 2 beautiful daughters, Reagan (6) and McKinley (4). After the fall of Afghanistan, Pat could no longer stand idly by and watch our country deteriorate economically, socially, morally, and spiritually at the hands of failed leadership achieving failed outcomes.
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Harrigan ran for the United States House of Representatives seat in North Carolina’s 14th congressional district in the 2022 elections as a Republican. He lost to Jeff Jackson, the Democratic Party nominee.
In August 2023, Harrigan announced that he would run again for a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2024 elections. He switched his candidacy to North Carolina’s 10th congressional district, where Patrick McHenry announced his retirement, in December 2023. Harrigan won the nomination[7] and the election.
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Patrick Luke Harrigan[1] (born June 21, 1987)[2] is an American politician from North Carolina. He is the member-elect for the United States House of Representatives in North Carolina’s 10th congressional district.
Early life and career
Harrigan graduated from the Francis Parker School and the United States Military Academy, where he majored in nuclear engineering. He completed the Basic Officer Leaders Course and trained as an United States Army Ranger.[3]
Harrigan ran for the United States House of Representatives seat in North Carolina’s 14th congressional district in the 2022 elections as a Republican. He lost to Jeff Jackson, the Democratic Party nominee.[4]
In August 2023, Harrigan announced that he would run again for a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2024 elections.[5] He switched his candidacy to North Carolina’s 10th congressional district, where Patrick McHenry announced his retirement, in December 2023.[6] Harrigan won the nomination[7] and the election.[8]
Personal life
Harrigan married Raquel “Rocky” Krivda on September 25, 2010.[3]
References
- ^ “Rep. Pat Harrigan – R North Carolina, 10th – Biography”. LegiStorm. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ “North Carolina New Members 2025”. The Hill. December 11, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Staff Writer. “Krivda, Harrigan announce plans”. The Columbus Dispatch.
- ^ “Jeff Jackson declared winner of U.S. House District 14”. wcnc.com. November 4, 2022.
- ^ “Harrigan announces second run for Charlotte-area congressional seat”. Carolina Journal. August 28, 2023.
- ^ Mueller, Julia (December 5, 2023). “Former Green Beret announces run for Rep. Patrick McHenry’s seat”.
- ^ Kowles, Naomi (March 6, 2024). “Pat Harrigan declares victory in 10th Congressional District”. WBTV.
- ^ “AP Race Call: Republican Pat Harrigan wins election to U.S. House in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District”. November 6, 2024.
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