Outsider spending in North Carolina’s most expensive congressional primary in state history has exceeded $4.5 million as of Wednesday, while the race heads to a likely recount.
Reports to the Federal Election Commission show independent expenditure groups have added about $49,829 to the contest since NC Newsline’s last update on Monday. The new spending brings the total to $4,518,411 between two-term incumbent Democrat Rep. Valerie Foushee and challenger Nida Allam.
The previous record for outside spending in a congressional primary was set in North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District in 2022, in a matchup between the same two candidates.
Most of the additional funding was spent on Allam’s behalf. Justice Democrats spent an additional $10,000, Working Families Party spent another $15,000, and a group called Citizens against AIPAC contributed another $10,000 since NC Newsline’s Monday report.
Advance North Carolina threw in another $3,000 for Foushee, but she still narrowly edges out her challenger for the most outside spending in the primary.
The additional funds result in outside groups spending $2.13 million for Allam, compared to $2.38 million for Foushee.
Unofficial results show Foushee won 49.18% of the vote, just 0.96% more than the 48.22% for Allam. Mary Patterson won 2.6%.
Foushee leads Allam by 1,202 votes out of nearly 122,000 primary votes cast in a very tight race. She won her home county of Orange by a margin of 7.92% of the vote, as well as neighboring Chatham by 25.84%.
The incumbent issued a statement Wednesday saying she would support a call for a recount.
“It is critical to our democracy that every lawful vote is counted in our elections,” Foushee said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “I welcome the opportunity to ensure that right is protected, and am confident that the Democratic voters of North Carolina will have nominated me to serve a third term.”
Meanwhile, Allam won Durham County by a 4.48% margin, and won the Wake County precincts in the district by a slimmer margin of 3.14% of the vote.
Provisional ballots and some military and overseas remain, although it’s unclear how many.
If the margin is still one percentage point or less after those votes are counted, Allam may request a mandatory recount, which she’s said she intends to do.
“Though we go to bed tonight without the full results, we will keep exercising our right to dream, and we will bring home a victory for the working families of North Carolina in the days ahead,” Allam told supporters at her watch party around midnight.
Foushee previously released a statement declaring victory just after midnight on Wednesday.
“Serving this district in Congress is my highest honor, and I am deeply humbled to have the opportunity to represent this district for another term,” Foushee said.
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