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U.S. House, District 4: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar

Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar

Running for U.S. House · North Carolina District 4

NationalRepublican

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Valerie P. Foushee

Valerie P. Foushee

U.S. House · North Carolina District 4

NationalDemocrat

Mahesh (Max) GanorkarCandidateValerie P. FousheeCurrent rep

Job fit

Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar

Other work

  • Occupation & employer: Residential Construction Project Manager – Self Employed – GRCC 1

Valerie P. Foushee

Other work

  • In 1987, after the birth of her second son, Valerie joined the Chapel Hill Police Department as an administrative officer. 2

Top issues

We haven't found stated positions for either candidate yet.

How they voted on top issues

Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Valerie P. Foushee

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 3
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 3

Who pays them

Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Valerie P. Foushee

Where the campaign money came from4

small donorslarge donorscompaniesother politicianslabor unionsOther kinds of donors
small donors$86Klarge donors$321Kcompanies$136Kotherpoliticians$108Klabor unions$101KOther kinds ofdonors$137K$933K raised
$86,3474Small individual donors
$321,4534Large individual donors

Checks

Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar

No voting record to check yet

Valerie P. Foushee

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Congressional District 4: Max Ganorkar | 2026 Questionnaire · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. About | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  4. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Guy Meilleur
Candidate A

Guy Meilleur

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Guy Meilleur | AssemblyNC 2024 Voter Guide · checked 2026-10-19

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Valerie P. Foushee
Candidate B

Valerie P. Foushee

DemocratShown above

🚩 $933K raised, 34% from large donors, 53% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $489,618.00 (53% of $932,512.93 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $481,550.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: cutting pollution and moving to clean energy, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 Background: About | U.S. Congresswoman Valerie Foushee · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar
Candidate C

Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar

RepublicanShown above

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Congressional District 4: Max Ganorkar | 2026 Questionnaire · checked 2026-10-19

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