Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Valerie P. Foushee

Official portrait of Valerie P. Foushee
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 4th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Hillsborough, NC
Born
1956
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
FOUSHEE, VALERIE
Next election
Primary March 3, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of North Carolina with the current district highlighted

North Carolina, District 4

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · North Carolina District 4IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2NC06114 · Principal campaign committee: FOUSHEE FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · North Carolina District 4$1,048,542.77General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · North Carolina District 4$695,097.87Won the general election (71.9%)
2021–2022U.S. House · North Carolina District 4$1,253,021.19Won the general election (66.9%)
Total raised$1,048,542.77
Total spent$1,084,884.18
Cash on hand$49,354.18
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $459,788.31PACs and other committees: $574,135.27Party committees: $6,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $8,619.19
  • Individual contributions$459,788.3144%
  • PACs and other committees$574,135.2755%
  • Party committees$6,000.001%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$8,619.191%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$130,652.5031%
  • Contributions over $200$286,340.1169%
  • Itemized from inside North Carolina$255,088.1179%
  • Itemized from other states$66,365.0021%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $13,500.00 · Massachusetts $1,050.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$422K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $69,253.15APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $69,255.29JULY QUARTERLY: raised $65,202.20JULY QUARTERLY: spent $54,965.29OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $87,508.21OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $64,783.78YEAR-END: raised $139,956.19YEAR-END: spent $64,996.70PRE-PRIMARY: raised $192,892.58PRE-PRIMARY: spent $202,762.85APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $268,600.71APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $421,803.49JULY QUARTERLY: raised $88,597.86JULY QUARTERLY: spent $71,351.01OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $120,414.46OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $111,695.542025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea277
Voted nay384
Did not vote13 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored40
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored497

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.Res. 1631 Expressing support for the designation of the third week of October as "National Hunter Syndrome Awareness Week".
    Introduced Oct 19, 2026 · Latest action Oct 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10778 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a credit to incentivize the use of certain low-emission anesthetic gases by health care facilities, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Latest action Oct 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 10494 American Tariff Rebate Act
    Introduced Sep 17, 2026 · Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently deter…
  • H.R. 10433 SAFE Platforms Act
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10088 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to conduct a study to assess the potential for expanding the safe and effective use of reprocessed single-use devices, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Latest action Aug 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9956 Seizure Safe Schools Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 27, 2026 · Latest action Jul 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  • H.R. 9903 Stop Prison Price Gouging Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9852 Slow Down Act
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • H.Res. 1448 Expressing support for the designation of August 1 as "National Woman Astronomers Day".
    Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • H.R. 9677 Grad Student Affordable Housing Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 14, 2026 · Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

186 committees reported giving $521,550.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Show all 186 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Valerie Foushee$2,371,668.36
  • Independent expenditures opposing Valerie Foushee$241,900.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Valerie Foushee$1,258.60

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

North Carolina U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Valerie Foushee (D)$1,048,542.77$49,354.182026-10-14
Nida Allam (D)$1,125,635.86$0.002026-07-15
Mahesh Ganorkar (R)$18,568.36$9,001.142026-10-14
Mahesh Ganorkar (R)$18,568.36$9,001.142026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DApril 10, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FOUSHEE FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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