NC-04: The first high-profile primary test for House Democrats looms next week

Rep. Valerie Foushee will square off next week against Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam in a closely-watched rematch that will be one of the first high-profile tests of the resiliency of House Democratic incumbents facing energetic primary challengers.

When they first met in 2022, Foushee won a previous incarnation of North Carolina’s safely blue 4th Congressional District after defeating Allam 46-37 for the Democratic nod.

Foushee, the first Black woman to represent the rival college towns of Chapel Hill and Durham in Congress, seemed to be in for a long career after easily securing a second term without primary opposition in 2024.

But Allam, who would be the first Muslim person to serve North Carolina in the House, announced a rematch in December, arguing that Foushee had done little to help her constituents.




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