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Longtime GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx has a primary challenger in the form of 25-year-old sometime college football player Bo Hines.

Foxx, 77, has represented Northward Carolina's 5th Congressional District since 2005. Hines announced his candidacy on Jan. 20.

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"The American people are fed up with entrenchment. They're fed up with people going to Washington and staying there for decades," Hines told Play a joke on News.

"We've had these politicians promising our parents their kids would be taken care of for decades... Guess what? The kids of the parents they were promising those initiatives to are now in a position to run for Congress. Information technology'south time for us to step upward and see what we can exercise."

Bo Hines #82 of the North Carolina State Wolfpack runs with the ball against Tay Hicklin #14 of the Georgia Southern Eagles at Carter-Finley Stadium on Aug. 30, 2014 in Raleigh, N.C. (Lance King/Getty Images)

Bo Hines #82 of the Due north Carolina Country Wolfpack runs with the brawl against Tay Hicklin #14 of the Georgia Southern Eagles at Carter-Finley Stadium on Aug. 30, 2014 in Raleigh, N.C. (Lance King/Getty Images)

Hines is a former wide receiver at Due north Carolina Country Academy who cut short his football career and transferred to Yale University after developing shoulder problems. He said he'southward driven nigh 5,500 miles to meet with constituents one-on-one as part of his strategy to proceeds support. He's currently living east of the commune in Forsyth Canton while he finishes up his final yr of constabulary schoolhouse at Wake Forest University.

Hines said football has helped prepare him for a possible future in Congress.

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"There'due south no better style to teach yourself how to fall down and become dorsum up" than dropping a brawl in a stadium packed with thousands of people, he said.

Hines describes himself every bit a traditional pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment conservative simply said he has some differences with Foxx he plans to hammer.

"My constituents are worried about tech censorship," Hines said. "That's something I don't think Congresswoman Foxx has striking on much. ... We take a very America First agenda. We're going to press that hard. I think the American people empathize capitalism is the all-time mode to grow the economy ... but also want off-white trade."

Former college football player Bo Hines is running for Congress in North Carolina's 5th Congressional District. (Photo courtesy of the Hines campaign)

Former college football game player Bo Hines is running for Congress in Northward Carolina's 5th Congressional District. (Photograph courtesy of the Hines campaign)

Hines also wants term limits, something that a few members of Congress, similar Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, have harped on to no avail.

"I call up people are going to be shocked past the number of incumbents that are going to be primaried in 2022," he said.

Hines said he grew up in a family unit of entrepreneurs and saw firsthand how government policies can impact small business organisation owners.

"We have declining populations in many of the counties in NC-five attributed to manufacturing flight over the last several years," he said. "There need to be a lot of policies working on incentivizing local business owners to invest dorsum in the areas they live in, where they operate."

Foxx responded to news of Hines' candidacy by touting her years of feel.

"Folks all beyond western North Carolina know me very well. They know my tireless work ethic and my dedication to conservative ideas. I am proud of my reputation equally a problem-solver who listens to constituents and serves to represent their interests alone," Foxx told Fox News in a statement. "I'm honored to serve the people of North Carolina's 5th Congressional Commune and I am looking forward to running again in 2022 against anyone who may toss a hat in the ring."

North Carolina congressional candidate Bo Hines at his Yale University graduation with fiancee Mary Charles Bryson. (Photo courtesy of the Hines campaign)

North Carolina congressional candidate Bo Hines at his Yale Academy graduation with fiancee Mary Charles Bryson. (Photo courtesy of the Hines campaign)


Chris Cooper, professor of political science and public diplomacy at Western Carolina Academy, told Fox News that Hines will face an uphill battle against Foxx, who has a reputation as "a steady conservative influence in Congress."

"I don't think her loyalty to [Trump] has always been questioned," Cooper said.

Cooper pointed out that the 5th District will undergo redistricting this year, meaning some of Hines' work meeting with voters could be in vain if they are shifted to another district.

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Cooper compared Hines to Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., the youngest fellow member of Congress ever, who was sworn in to represent North Carolina's 11th District in 2020.

"Clearly [Hines] wants to capitalize on the vein that Cawthorn has created and to argue that the Republican Party can be the party of young people," Cooper said. "The difference, of form, is that Madison Cawthorn ran in open up seat election. ... Hines is running against an entrenched incumbent."