Five Candidates Vie For U.S. Fifth District

Voters head to the polls for the primary on May 8, and women are dominating the race for U.S. Fifth Congressional District.

That includes a powerful five-term incumbent, Virginia Foxx. Foxx has never had trouble fending of primary challengers during her time in Washington. Now she faces two Republicans hoping to unseat her – Dillon Gentry of Banner Elk and Cortland Meader of Mocksville. Both are political newcomers.

As of mid-April, Foxx had raised almost $1.5 million for the race, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Totals for Gentry and Meader were not available.

Whoever wins the Republican primary will face a woman Democrat in the November General Election.

D.D. Adams has been a Winston-Salem City Council Member since 2009. Marshall is a teacher who has been involved in the Democratic Party's activities.

Both have raised more than $100,000 for the campaign, with Adams having a slight edge, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Fifth District includes Winston-Salem and the mountain counties of Western North Carolina.