North Carolina 5th District
Virginia Foxx (R) holds this seat and is running again. 3 candidates were on the ballot on November 3, 2026.
What the betting markets sayprices of Nov 9
97% Chuck HubbardVirginia Foxx 3%
Polymarket, $145K bet. A price is a chance: 97 cents on Hubbard pays a dollar if they win.
Virginia Foxx
Republican · holds this seat today
ALiberty Score AOn the liberty side in 121 of 123 votes and bills.
Raised $2,189,052 since January 2025: 67% from people, 27% from PACs and other committees, 6% transfers and other income. The filing at FEC.gov
Chuck Hubbard
Democrat · former newspaper journalist, repeat candidate
No gradeNo grade yetI have no votes in Congress to count for Hubbard, and what Hubbard has said and done settles only 0 of my principles. I went through it on October 31. A grade needs 4.
Raised $863,260 since January 2025: 99% from people. The filing at FEC.gov
Voting in North Carolina: how to register, vote early or vote by mail. Election Day was November 3.
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A solid letter is a grade from recorded votes on that principle. An outlined letter is on the same scale, for a candidate with no votes: it comes from what that candidate has said and done, and every source is listed below.
Chuck Hubbard, on the record
I have no votes in Congress to count for Hubbard, so the grade above comes from this list: what Hubbard has said and done on my principles. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes.
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Says the war with the Islamic Republic must end immediately because of its cost to the district; names no bill, deal or sanctions policy.
“we must immediately end the unnecessary war with Iran, which is driving up gas and grocery bills across the Fifth District and putting our soldiers' lives on the line”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
A call to end the war with no policy, bill or vote named is unclear for anyone, by the site's standing rule.
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Backs a nationwide public-option health care system, saying costs hurt families.
“It's doable - every country in the West has done it, and it's insane the United States has not done that”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
A public option beside private insurance is not government-run health care for all, so the words do not settle the measure.
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Said Donald Trump has demonised immigrants who come here to work; the words name no border or deportation policy.
“Donald Trump has demonized our immigrant population, demonized people who come here to work”
- By the test I use for votes
- Not clear either way
The words criticise rhetoric and name no policy on the border, deportation or amnesty, so they do not settle the measure.
Also on the ballot
Robert Luffman (Libertarian).
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