Rep. Valerie Foushee earned re-election Tuesday night to the U.S. House of Representatives, based on early vote totals across the four counties she currently represents. Foushee, a Democrat who lives in Hillsborough, earned 74.54% of the initial voting totals reported on Tuesday with 17.6% votes in from Orange and Durham counties, as well as the parts of Wake and Chatham counties that are in North Carolina's fourth congressional district. She defeated Republican candidate Eric Blankenburg of New Hill, who is a first-time candidate. A lifelong Orange County resident, Foushee served as a North Carolina senator for eight years representing Orange and Chatham counties, earning the seat in 2013 after Sen. Ellie Kinnaird retired. Foushee entered the North Carolina General Assembly a few years earlier after serving on the Orange County Board of Commissioners for eight years and serving on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education for eight years. Prior to that, she worked 21 ...