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2016 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2016 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election?

Virginia Foxx won the 2016 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election. Virginia Foxx received 207,625 popular votes (58.4%). The main challenger was Josh Brannon (41.6%).

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

Foxx +16.8 pts · won by 59,738 votes
Virginia FoxxRepublicanWINNER58.4%
207,625 votes
Josh BrannonDemocratic41.6%
147,887 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.