U.S. House · North Carolina, District 5

Rep. Virginia Foxx

Republican Serving since Jan. 4, 2005Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 0.4% of votes (3 of 674) · How this is measured

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Foxx
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

Virginia Foxx's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress85thpercentile
More conservative than 84% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
82nd most conservative of 531
Republicans in Congress70thpercentile
More conservative than 70% of Republicans in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
82nd most conservative of 272
The House85thpercentile
More conservative than 85% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
64th most conservative of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
100%
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 98%

Higher than 200 of 219 House Republicans.

Actual100%
Expected97%
Difference+2 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Virginia Foxx. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 469 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 99%See the 469 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
100%all votes
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Highest of all 219 House Republicans.

Actual100%
Expected98%
Difference+2 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is Virginia Foxx. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 142 votes100% on legislation onlySee the 142 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where Virginia Foxx went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how Virginia Foxx voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

How this is measured
DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 40.6%Trump 58.4%

North Carolina redrew its House map. The new lines take effect in January 2027. Under the new lines, District 5 voted 58% Trump and 41% Harris in 2024.

Issue by issue

How often Virginia Foxx votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

Virginia Foxx votes with their party about equally often on every issue.

Virginia FoxxAverage for House Republicans
  1. Environmental Protection 96%Average 98% · 27 votes on Environmental Protection
  2. Economics and Public Finance 98%Average 91% · 63 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  3. Congress 100%Average 99% · 109 votes on Congress
  4. Energy 100%Average 100% · 38 votes on Energy
  5. Crime and Law Enforcement 100%Average 100% · 28 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  6. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 96% · 41 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  7. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 100% · 19 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  8. International Affairs 100%Average 98% · 16 votes on International Affairs
  9. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 100% · 20 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  10. Immigration 100%Average 100% · 15 votes on Immigration
  11. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 99% · 13 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  12. Education 100%Average 100% · 12 votes on Education
  13. Labor and Employment 100%Average 97% · 12 votes on Labor and Employment
  14. Commerce 100%Average 100% · 8 votes on Commerce
  15. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 87% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  16. Law 100%Average 100% · 6 votes on Law
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes on Health

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

1 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Contact and committees

Contact

D.C. office phone
202-225-2071
Office
2462 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3305
Official website
foxx.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Rules Chair
  • Committee on Education and Workforce
    1 subcommittee
    • Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
  • Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
    1 subcommittee
    • Government Operations

Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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