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Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 3, 2005
Preceded by Richard Burr
Born June 29, 1943 (1943-06-29) (age 64)
Bronx, New York
Political party Republican
Spouse Thomas Foxx
Religion Roman Catholic

Virginia Foxx (born June 29, 1943) is a Republican Congresswoman from the 5th Congressional District of North Carolina first elected in 2004. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is a United States Senator from Winston-Salem North Carolina. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The district takes in much of the northwestern portion of the state, and also includes portions of Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483

A native of The Bronx, Foxx attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research Foxx spent 10 years in the North Carolina Senate. The North Carolina Senate is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. She lives in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Banner Elk is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. Roy Carter of Ashe County, NC is the opponent for her seat in the 2008 election. Ashe County is a County located in the US state of North Carolina.

When 5th District Congressman Richard Burr opted for an ultimately successful run for the United States Senate, Foxx was one of the first candidates to join the race. Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is a United States Senator from Winston-Salem North Carolina. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Her state senate district was virtually coextensive with the northwestern corner of the congressional district. Due to the highly partisan makeup of the district (only the neighboring 10th district is considered more Republican), the primary quickly became the most expensive and one of the nastiest in the history of North Carolina.

Foxx was the only woman in a field of eight candidates; most of her ugliest spats occurred with Winston-Salem city councilman Vernon Robinson. Vernon Ibrahim Robinson is a 1977 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and is currently an American politician in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina Although Foxx was one of the most conservative members of the state legislature, Robinson skewered her and the other primary challengers as liberals, and attacked Foxx for taking money from a gay rights group. Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Transgenderism Lesbian Foxx explained that the group had given her a small donation during her first campaign for the state Senate, but never did again after they saw her voting record. (Like Robinson, Foxx campaigned heavily at gun shows. ) Although Robinson was the highest vote-getter in the primary and heavily outspent Foxx, she decisively defeated him (55%-45%) in the runoff. By contrast, her general election campaign against Jim Harrell, Jr., which she won easily (59%-41%), was mostly cordial. James Andrew (Jim Harrell Jr was the Democratic nominee for U

In September 2005, Foxx was one of 11 members of Congress to vote (see [1]) against the $51 billion aid package to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States She was also one of only 33 Republicans to vote against the extension of the Voting Rights Act in July 2006. Background See also [[Disfranchisement after the Civil War]] The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865 after the Civil War, abolished and prohibited In the lame duck session of 2006, she introduced H. J. RES. 96, a joint resolution praising the Christmas tree industry. In the United States Congress, a joint resolution is a legislative measure that requires approval by the Senate and the House and is presented A Christmas tree, Yule tree, holiday tree or Tannenbaum (fir tree is one of the most popular Traditions associated with the celebration

Foxx was briefly targeted for defeat in the 2006 elections, but the Democrats' top choice, popular Winston-Salem mayor Allen Joines, decided not to run. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Allen Joines is the current Mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Joines later said that he didn't have the stomach for the kind of race he felt it would take to defeat Foxx. [2] Her 2006 opponent was Roger Sharpe, who was defeated. Roger Sharpe is a public servant author and North Carolina politician

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Political offices
Preceded by
Richard Burr		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 5th congressional district
2005–Present		 Incumbent
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The Federal Election Commission (or FEC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP is a nonpartisan research group based in Washington D Project Vote Smart ( PVS) is a Non-profit, Non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in SourceWatch (formerly Disinfopedia) is an internet site which is a "collaborative project" of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD Congresspedia is a Wiki designed to hold information on the workings of the U Richard Mauze Burr (born November 30, 1955) is a United States Senator from Winston-Salem North Carolina. These are tables of congressional delegations from North Carolina to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad.
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