Candidate · November 3, 2026

Virginia Foxx

On the ballot for U.S. House · North Carolina's 5th District

Republican PartyIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$2.2M
cash on hand
$3.5M
issues with public statements
10
outside spending for or against
$340K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · North Carolina's 5th District1,2,3
Party on the ballotRepublican Party1,2,3
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents North Carolina's 5th District in the U.S. House.4
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Her official biography says she represents North Carolina's 5th District, chairs the House Committee on Rules, and previously chaired the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.5 Her official biography says she spent 10 years in the North Carolina Senate before entering Congress, after being elected to the Senate in 1994.5 Her official biography says her earlier career included teaching at Caldwell Community College, working as a sociology instructor and administrator at Appalachian State University, and serving as president of Mayland Community College.5 Her official biography says she served three terms of four years each on the Watauga County Board of Education and, before entering Congress, co-owned a nursery business in Watauga County.5 Her official biography says she earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a doctorate in education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.5

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says her job is to work every day for the people of North Carolina and to advance the conservative values she shares with them.6

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, NC-54
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, NC-54

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

Her campaign website lists protecting the unborn and religious freedom as a priority. It says she belongs to the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and supports efforts to ban elective abortion on unborn children capable of feeling pain.8

Government funding and abortion

Her campaign website says she supports stopping federal money from going to the abortion industry.8

Immigration

Immigration enforcement inside the country

Her campaign website says she supports President Trump's efforts to enforce current immigration laws and secure the border, and that immigration reform should aim to secure borders, uphold laws and protect national security.8

Health Care

Health insurance system

Her campaign website says she opposes Medicare for All and supports patient-centered measures to increase access and lower costs, and it lists health care bills she has supported on pre-existing conditions, association health plans, price transparency, drug costs and surprise billing.8

Foreign Policy and Defense

Military spending

Her campaign website says she supports President Trump's efforts to rebuild and strengthen the military and that she has consistently supported the National Defense Authorization Act.8

Iran's nuclear program and sanctions

Her campaign website says she voted in favor of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which imposes economic sanctions on Iran, Russia and North Korea.8

Education

US Department of Education

Her campaign website says the federal government should play a smaller role in education wherever it can, should not impose top-down requirements such as Common Core on states, and that parents, teachers and state and local leaders should lead decisions on education.8

Taxes and Budget

Federal income tax rates

Her campaign website says a fair tax system starts with low taxes and that she strongly supported the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which it says lowered tax rates for families and small businesses.8

Federal spending levels

Her campaign website says she is working to bring the federal budget closer to balance, and that wasteful federal spending should be cut so that limited funds go to priorities such as national defense, Social Security and Medicare.8

Social Security and Medicare

Social Security benefit levels

Her campaign website lists protecting programs such as Social Security and Medicare among the federal priorities that limited funds should go to.8

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Virginia Foxx served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Virginia Foxx sponsored or cosponsored 3 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.61

Raised$2,189,052
Spent$1,610,250
Cash on hand$3,490,070

Where the money came from

Individual donors$1.5M · 67%
PACs and other political committees$594K · 27%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$132K · 6%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $0 supporting and $339,958 opposing Virginia Foxx this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through September 3, 2026.62

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
AB PAC—$339,958

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.