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2008 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2008 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election?

Virginia Foxx won the 2008 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election. Virginia Foxx received 190,820 popular votes (58.37%). The main challenger was Roy Carter (41.63%).

See the full head-to-head between Foxx and Carter

Foxx +16.7 pts · won by 54,717 votes
Virginia FoxxRepublicanWINNER58.37%
190,820 votes
Roy CarterDemocratic41.63%
136,103 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.