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2020 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2020 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election?

Virginia Foxx won the 2020 North Carolina U.S. House District 5 Election. Virginia Foxx received 257,843 popular votes (66.93%). The main challenger was David Wilson Brown (31.11%).

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

Foxx +35.8 pts · won by 137,997 votes
Virginia FoxxRepublicanWINNER66.93%
257,843 votes
David Wilson BrownDemocratic31.11%
119,846 votes
Jeff GregoryCONSTITUTION1.96%
7,555 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.