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North Carolina House District 5 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

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Virginia Foxx (Republican) and Chuck Hubbard (Democrat) are the nominees for North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Virginia Foxx is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Virginia Foxx's campaign had raised $2.2 million (through October 14, 2026) and Chuck Hubbard's campaign $863,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $0 for Virginia Foxx and $340,000 against; $36,000 for Chuck Hubbard and $0 against.

Virginia Foxx (REP, incumbent), Chuck Hubbard (DEM). 2 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration	Register by Fri, Oct 9 (5 p.m.; a mailed form must be received or postmarked by Oct 9; online only through NCDMV for license/ID holders). Same-day registration: at any early voting site in the voter's county Oct 15-31; not available on Election Day (passed)Source: ncsbe.gov ↗
Early voting in person	Thu, Oct 15 to Sat, Oct 31 (ends 3 p.m.) (passed)Source: ncsbe.gov ↗
By mail	Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Tue, Oct 20 (5 p.m.); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (received by the county board by 7:30 p.m. Election Day) (passed)Source: ncsbe.gov ↗Source: ncsbe.gov ↗
Election Day	Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (passed)Source: ncsbe.gov ↗
ID at the polls	Photo ID required at check-in (exceptions available by form)Source: ncsbe.gov ↗
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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Virginia Foxx (REP, incumbent)

Raised: $2.2M through 2026-10-14 individuals $1.5M · PACs $594K · cash on hand $3.5M
Outside spending: $340K opposing Foxx · latest reported 2026-08-31
Largest outside spenders: AB PAC — $340K opposing Foxx Largest donors: AB FOUNDATION $13.0M (30%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); DEMOCRACY MATTERS $5.6M (13%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Deborah Simon $5.0M (11%), Retired; DEMOCRACY PAC $4.0M (9%); Lynn S Stern $1.0M (2%), Self Employed, Photographer

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

147 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

AHOLD DELHAIZE AMERICA PAC $2,500
ABBOTT LABORATORIES EMPLOYEE PAC $5,000
AIRCRAFT OWNERS & PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKIN GUMP PAC) $750
ALTRIA GROUP INC. PAC $2,000
AMAZON PAC $2,000
AMERICA'S CREDT UNION PAC $10K
AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $7,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (OPHTHPAC) $2,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS PAC $5,000
AMERICAN BAKERS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION (BANKPAC) $10K
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES ACEC PAC $10K
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS PAC $3,500
AMERICAN DENTAL PAC (ADPAC) $5,000
AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT PAC $6,000
AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION PAC $5,500
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CPAS PAC (AICPA PAC) $10K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC (AIPAC PAC) $10K
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOC. PAC (AOA-PAC) $2,000
AMERICAN RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $10K
AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
ANHEUSER-BUSCH PAC $3,000
ARGENTUM'S SILVER PAC $2,500
ARNOLD & PORTER LLP PARTNERS PAC $2,500
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS PAC (ABC PAC) $5,000
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS PAC (AED PAC) $10K
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA PAC (AGC PAC) $7,500
AT&T FEDERAL PAC $2,000
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC (BIO PAC) $2,000
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NC EMPLOYEE PAC (BLUEPAC) $1,500
BRADFORD WHITE CORPORATION PAC (BWC PAC) $1,000
BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PAC $2,000
BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAM $5,000
CAREER EDUCATION COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PAC $5,000
CATERPILLAR EMPLOYEES PAC $7,500
COASTAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION PAC (CFCUPAC) $500
COMMITTEE TO ELECT ANN SCHNEIDER $100
CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGES & UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC. PAC $1,500
COOK GROUP INC. PAC $2,000
COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC $7,500
COVINGTON AND BURLING LLP PAC $1,000
DENTONS US LLP PAC $1,000
DOORDASH INC. PAC (DASHPAC) $1,000
DUANE MORRIS LLP GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE FEDERAL FUND $5,000
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION PAC-FEDERAL $4,000
ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC $5,000
ELISE FOR CONGRESS $2,000
EMERGEORTHO P.A. PAC $5,000
EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
EMMER PAC $2,500
ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC. PAC $1,000
ENVELOPE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
FIDELITY PAC $5,000
FIRST IN FREEDOM PAC $1,000
FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND INC. $1,000
FRATERNITY AND SORORITY PAC $2,500
FRELINGHUYSEN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
GENERAL ELECTRIC PAC (GEPAC) $5,000
GREENBERG TRAURIG PAC $2,500
HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' PAC $2,500
HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL PAC (HERBAPAC) $1,500
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $2,000
HOME DEPOT PAC $10K
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND $2,000
IN THE ARENA PAC $5,000
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS PAC (IEC PRIDE PAC) $1,000
INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE INC PAC (IRI PAC) $10K
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSN. (IFDAPAC) $1,000
INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRAN PAC $10K
INTERNATIONAL WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS ASSOC. PAC $1,000
INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE PAC $3,500
IRANIAN AMERICAN PAC (IAPAC) $7,000
ITG HOLDINGS U.S.A. INC. PAC $5,000
JOHN DEERE PAC $5,000
K&L GATES PAC $2,000
LOWES COMPANIES INC. PAC (LOWPAC) $7,500
MANTECH INTERNATIONAL PAC (MANTECH PAC) $1,000
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC. PAC $1,000
MCDONALD'S PAC $10K
MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC FUND $1,000
MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANA $2,000
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $5,000
N.C. SOYBEAN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION INC. $500
NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION (NAPA-PAC) $5,000
NATIONAL ASSN. OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS/NAIFA $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOC. OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILD PAC) $10K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS PAC $2,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC (NACS PAC) $10K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS PAC $2,000
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC (NADA PAC) $5,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL PAC $1,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEXTILE ORGANIZATIONS (TEXTILE PAC) $2,500
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION PAC $1,000
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION PAC $2,000
NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOC. ROOF PAC $1,000
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION INC. PAC (NSSF PAC) $3,500
NATIONAL STAR ROUTE MAIL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
NATIONAL STONE SAND & GRAVEL ASSOC. ROCKPAC $5,000
NELNET HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESS PAC $3,000
NFIB SAFE TRUST PAC $3,000
NRA-POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $1,000
NUCOR CORPORATION PAC $1,000
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE PAC $2,500
PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOC. PAC(PCMA PAC) $1,000
PITNEY BOWES INC. PAC $5,000
PLAIN STATE PAC $1,000
POLIQUIN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
PREMIER EMPLOYEE'S CIVIC ACTION FUND $1,000
PRIME POLICY GROUP LLC/BURSON COHN & WOLFE PAC $1,000
PRIME THERAPEUTICS LLC EMPLOYEE PAC $1,000
REALTORS PAC $10K
REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC $166
REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC - RUDY PAC $1,000
REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. PAC $8,500
RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
RVFPAC $5,000
SALLIE MAE INC. PAC $1,000
STATE FARM FEDERAL PAC $500
TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTON $2,000
TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND $5,000
THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC. PAC $2,500
THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE PAC $10K
THE GOOD FUND PAC $500
THOMPAC $5,000
THOMPSON COBURN PAC $5,000
TIAA-CREF PAC $10K
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICAN INC. PAC (TOYOTA/LEXUS) $3,000
TREE CARE INDUSTRY ASSN. INC. PAC $1,000
TRULIANT FCU PAC $1,000
TYSON FOODS INC (TYPAC) $4,000
UBS AMERICAS INC PAC $10K
UNIFI INC. PAC $500
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC (UPSPAC) $5,000
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC. PAC (UNITED FOR HEALTH) $2,500
USA FARMWORKER PAC $5,000
VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN PAC (VIEW PAC) $5,000
VEN-PAC (VENABLE PAC) $2,500
VNA HOLDING INC. PAC $1,000
WALPAC/WAL-MART STORES INC. $3,500
WENDY'S PAC $3,500
WESTERN ALLIANCE OF FARMWORKER ADVOCATES PAC (WAFA PAC) $5,000
WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Chuck Hubbard (DEM)

Raised: $863K through 2026-10-14 individuals $858K · PACs $1,850 · party $3,000 · cash on hand $152K
Outside spending: $36K supporting Hubbard · latest reported 2026-10-05
Largest outside spenders: AB PAC — $36K supporting Hubbard Largest donors: AB FOUNDATION $13.0M (30%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); DEMOCRACY MATTERS $5.6M (13%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Deborah Simon $5.0M (11%), Retired; DEMOCRACY PAC $4.0M (9%); Lynn S Stern $1.0M (2%), Self Employed, Photographer

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

2 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

CALDWELL COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY $100
TRACY CLARK FOR NC $250

All filings at the FEC ↗

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