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U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s 5th District

Virginia Foxx

Republican 11th term Up 2026 Chair · Rules

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.2M raised · top PACs: Associated Builders and Contractors, International Franchise Association Franchising, National Association of Home Builders
100LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2005–now
21 years in CongressMore senior than 88% of the House
Committees
  • Rules Chair
  • Education and Workforce 3rd majority
  • Oversight and Government Reform 5th majority
Age
83

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date193411046742
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2021371,23521

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 29% no bills
Education 29% 9%
Congress no statements 47%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Education and Emergency Management; bills go to Congress and Education.

  • She talks most about: Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Education Funding (Education), Campus Sexual Assault Prevention and Survivor Support (Education), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 34 bills sponsored, most on Congress.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairRules CommitteeFull committee
MemberEducation and Workforce Committee3rd majority
MemberOversight and Government Reform Committee5th majority

Chair of the Rules Committee, more senior than 88% of the House, in the majority.

  • 21 years in Congress: more senior than 88% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Democratic bills

5% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Foxx.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

5% of her cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in her party: Johnson and Van Epps.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 17 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 6 · expected 6
Beyond committee 6 · expected 4.5
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 159 of 433 in the House

0.94expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

1 of 17 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.94 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 4795 (passed a chamber), H.R. 8684 (out of committee), H.R. 7723 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.62

With her party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 10 of the 10 she voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 11).

  • Position: +0.62, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Environmental Protection 1 of 26, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Foxx$2.2M raised65%27%6%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

67% of what she raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.2M raised, 27% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 19 points.

55 PACs of the 93 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

  1. Associated Builders and Contractors0% D
  2. International Franchise Association Franchising36% D
  3. National Association of Home Builders29% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

86 bills

Foxx voted Yea on 53, Nay on 5, and sponsored or cosponsored 28 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.