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Virginia Foxx (born ) first elected in 2004. A native of New York City , Foxx spent 10 years in the North Carolina Senate , where she represented the state's 45th Senate District, including constituents in Alleghany , Ashe , Caldwell , Watauga and Wilkes counties. She lives in Banner Elk, 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. 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 . 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. 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 Show s.) 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. In September 2005 Foxx was one of 11 members of Congress to vote (see ) against the $51 billion aid package to victims of Hurricane Katrina . 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 after claiming he didn't have the stomach for the kind of campaign he felt it would take to win. Most pundits believe that this essentially handed Foxx a second term. EXTERNAL LINKS
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