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Valerie P. Foushee

Valerie P. Foushee

Democratic · NC U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

4 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2023

  • Representative NC-4 2023–present

Background

  • role U.S. representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district since 2023
  • achievement First African American and first woman to represent the district in Congress
  • role Served in the North Carolina House of Representatives for the 50th district in 2012
  • role Appointed to represent the 23rd senatorial district in the North Carolina Senate in 2013

Campaign finance

2022 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House NC-04 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,253,021 raised
  • $1,125,310 spent
  • $127,711 cash on hand
$1.25M
$1.25M
$1.01M
Itemized (≥ $200)$838.55K
Unitemized (< $200)$167.09K
Other committees (PACs)$247.37K
Offsets to expenditures$0.26
$1.13M
Operating expenditures$1.07M
Contribution refunds$5.28K
Other disbursements$47.56K
Cash on hand$127.71K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2022 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2022)

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Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Valerie P. Foushee campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2022$1,253,021$1,125,310$127,711
2024$695,098$737,114$85,696
2026$912,011$949,918$47,788

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 36
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 470 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 36 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 6
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Valerie P. Foushee. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

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Committee assignments (6)

Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Foushee, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Foushee most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Foushee connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

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Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HR 10088To 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.sponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 10044AI Tax and Work Protection ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 9983Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • HR 9956Seizure Safe Schools Act of 2026sponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9959To establish a Green New Deal for public schools.cosponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9971Advancing International and Foreign Language Education ActcosponsoredJul 26, 2026
  • HR 9903Stop Prison Price Gouging Act of 2026sponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9915Stealth Bot Prohibition ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9898Transportation for Reentry ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HRES 1448Expressing support for the designation of August 1 as "National Woman Astronomers Day".sponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9874Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9852Slow Down ActsponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HCONRES 114Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HR 9799Online Sellers’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • HRES 1442Supporting the designation of July 20, 2026, as "National Moon Landing Day".cosponsoredJul 19, 2026
  • HR 9729Human Authority over Autonomous Weapons Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9736Stop CHEATERS ActcosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9744Family Grocery and Farmer Relief ActcosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9683FEMA Caseworker Accountability ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HR 9688High Court Gift Ban ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HR 9677Grad Student Affordable Housing Act of 2026sponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HR 9619To require artificial intelligence chatbot providers to provide data privacy and security, and for other purposes.sponsoredJul 8, 2026
  • HR 9591Extreme Temperatures Injustice in Prisons Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 5, 2026
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