The closest Congressional district in the state is the 5th, where Virginia Foxx leads Roy Carter 48-46. I really hope the DCCC and other folks take the pick up opportunity in this district seriously. There are races on the Red to Blue list that based on the data I’ve seen are less winnable than this one.
The PPP’s own poll showed a ten point spread (51-41) back in July. But now, at the start of the true fall campaign, with multiple daily events across the district, introductory ads on TV and an increasingly attentive media, people are beginning to understand that there’s somebody running against Virginia Foxx in the 5th district. His name is Roy Carter, a fiery mountain populist with a long record of service to 5th district families and their children. This guy could win!
Here’s a video of Junior Johnson endorsing Roy Carter at a fundraiser he threw for Roy at his farm last week:
In 2004, the 5th district took a chance on Virginia Foxx, electing her to the United States Congress.
She had the opportunity of a lifetime, to serve our district with honor and to pursue legislation that would strengthen our local economies and improve the lives of the families who live here.
Instead, she bargained on the policies of a failed president and stood with the masters of industry, profiting from the oil and health care lobbies, while the towns and cities of North Carolina’s 5th district– Sparta and Mt. Airy, Winston-Salem and Statesville and Boone and Jonesville and Wilkesboro and so many others– struggled, bled tax dollars and begged Virginia Foxx to see the harsh reality of the situation:
That the voters of the 5th district need more than shrill partisan bickering and a postcard on their birthday; we need an effective Congressman who will fight for the interests of OUR businesses and OUR voters, not for Chevron and Bristol Myers Squib and Roger Clemens.
If you were laid off within the last four years, she voted against you.
If you lost your house to foreclosure, she voted against you.
If you’re paying too much for gas, she’s been working with the gas companies and voting against you.
If you struggled to pay for health care for a child or elderly relative, she voted against them, too.
The chance we took on Virginia Foxx is ours to take back. And this November, we will.
