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Virginia Foxx

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 29, 1943 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • University of North Carolina, B.A., 1968
  • M.A.C.T., 1972
  • University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Ed.D., 1985

Career:

  • College instructor
  • Assistant dean, Appalachian State University
  • Community college president, 1987-1994
  • Landscape nursery owner

Elected Office:

  • Watauga County Board of Education, 1976-1988
  • NC Senate, 1994-2004


Election Results for Virginia Foxx


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 61 NC R U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 13,119 22.4%
2004 61 NC R U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 23,092 54.6%
2004 61 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 167,546 58.8%
2006 63 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 96,138 57.2%
2008 65 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 190,820 58.4%
2010 67 NC R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,174 79.8%
2010 67 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 140,525 65.9%
2012 69 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 200,945 57.5%
2014 71 NC R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,572 75.4%
2014 71 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 139,279 61.0%
2016 73 NC R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,162 67.9%
2016 73 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 207,625 58.4%
2018 75 NC R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 32,654 80.8%
2018 75 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 159,917 57.0%
2020 77 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 257,843 66.9%
2022 79 NC R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 61,680 76.6%
2022 79 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 175,279 63.2%
2024 81 NC R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 62,120 67.8%
2024 81 NC R U.S. House District 05 General 1 238,304 59.5%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Virginia Foxx


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2005 62 House 98 1 R 85 15 99 5 100
2006 63 House 97 3 R 84 16 99 5 96
2007 64 House 98 2 R 91 8 99 0 100
2008 65 House 97 3 R 82 17 99 5 100
2009 66 House 99 1 D 10 90 99 0 100
2010 67 House 99 0 D 27 73 99 5 100
2011 68 House 96 3 D 14 86 99 5 88
2012 69 House 97 3 D 10 90 100 5 92
2013 70 House 97 3 D 12 88 99 5 92
2014 71 House 98 2 D 11 89 100 5 88
2015 72 House 97 3 D 11 89 99 0 83
2016 73 House 93 3 D 6 94 95 0 96
2017 74 House 98 2 R 94 6 100 0 93
2018 75 House 98 2 R 93 7 99 0 92
2019 76 House 96 4 R 100 0 99 5 90
2020 77 House 89 2 R 86 6 92 0 85
2021 78 House 95 2 D 6 89 98 0 100
2022 79 House 91 2 D 13 80 91 88
2023 80 House 93 6 D 99 82
2024 81 House 94 5 D 99 89
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.