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2026 forecast · North Carolina 5th

Virginia Foxx is very likely to win North Carolina's 5th District.

Chuck Hubbard vs Virginia Foxx. The model has Foxx ahead by 11.2 points, winning 97 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +11.2Updated October 28, 2026
Chuck Hubbard
Democrat
43.5%
136,820 projected votes
Virginia Foxx
Republican
54.7%
172,191 projected votes
97%Foxx
3%Hubbard
Foxx all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Foxx wins about 97 of 100
RatingLikely R97% chance for Foxx
Model marginR +11.2No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +3.4 to R +18.82,000 simulations
Projected votes314,710Foxx 54.7%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

North Carolina districts

14 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Chuck HubbardDemocrat · 3% to win
43.5%
Virginia FoxxRepublican · 97% to win
54.7%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

314,710 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Virginia Foxx R172,19154.7%
Chuck Hubbard D136,82043.5%
Robert Luffman L5,6991.8%
Total314,710100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%3% Hubbard97% Foxx18 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Foxx +11.2
Chance of winning
Chuck Hubbard3%
Virginia Foxx97%
Simulated vote
Chuck Hubbard43.5%
Virginia Foxx54.7%
Robert Luffman1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +18.0
FundamentalsR +11.2
With pollsR +11.2

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +22R +22Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +18.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +11.2With pollsno pollsR +11.2
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Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.