“Christian and his class, they wrote a persuasive essay of their choosing. They mailed it off to a representative, a CEO, whoever the decision maker was to be influential in their persuasive essay points,” Emily said.
Christian says the topic he chose involved electric vehicles.
“We should have a $5,000 tax rebate. For electric cars, because they’re better than normal cars. They’re better for the environment. They pay less. And there’s no gas,” Christian said.
Christian says in April, he mailed the essay to Foxx in a Canterbury School envelope with 4th grade on the return address.
A few weeks later, the school received a letter from Representative Foxx via email.
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Letter excerpt here, complete letter below.
Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx trails her Democratic challenger by just 99 votes – less than 1% – in North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District, leaving one of the state’s closest congressional races undecided following Tuesday’s midterm elections.
With all 230 precincts reporting, unofficial results after Election Day show Democrat Chuck Hubbard received 48.7% of the vote, while Foxx won 48.66%. Libertarian candidate Robert Luffman has about 2.64% of the vote, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Foxx, 83, said Wednesday that the counting process is not over, pointing to overseas and provisional ballots that have yet to be counted. Military and overseas ballots are accepted if they arrive by Nov. 12.
