Study aided Joines' decision not to run

Winning 5th District would be tough, research group found

By Bertrand M. Gutierrez
WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL

Allen Joines, the two-term mayor of Winston-Salem and whom national Democratic Party leaders had seen as the top potential challenger in the overwhelmingly conservative 5th Congressional District, is no longer a threat to Republican incumbent Virginia Foxx.

Joines announced yesterday that he will not run for Congress.