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Chuck Hubbard, a retired newspaper reporter and the Democratic nominee for North Carolina's 5th congressional district in 2024, is again his party's nominee in 2026 against Republican incumbent Virginia Foxx.
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Chuck Hubbard, a retired newspaper reporter, is the Democratic nominee for North Carolina's 5th congressional district in 2026, a seat he also contested as the party's nominee in 2024.
The district includes all of Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, and Wilkes counties and portions of Guilford County. Hubbard won the Democratic primary with 25,655 votes (56.7%) to 19,585 (43.3%) for Kyah Creekmore, a retail worker and activist.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Republican incumbent Virginia Foxx, who was re-elected in 2024 with 59.5% of the vote, and Libertarian Robert Luffman, a truck driver.