US Midterms 2026
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Jennifer Balkcom, a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives since 2023, is her party's replacement nominee for the 11th congressional district in 2026 against Democrat Jamie Ager.
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Jennifer Balkcom was born in 1978 or 1979. She graduated from Blue Ridge Community College with an associate degree in applied science and business administration. She and her husband, Clint, have a son and live near Naples, North Carolina, and they attend Hendersonville First Baptist Church.
Balkcom has worked in the financial industry since 1998 and is a mortgage loan officer for ALCOVA. Before her election to the legislature, she was active in local nonprofits, served on the Henderson County planning board and sat on the board of the AdventHealth Foundation. She was a member of the Libertarian Party from 2002 to 2005 and a Democrat from 2005 until 2016, when she became a Republican.
In December 2021 Balkcom announced a campaign for the 117th district of the North Carolina House of Representatives, seeking to succeed Tim Moffitt, who was running for the state Senate.
She narrowly won the Republican primary on May 17, 2022, with 42.6% of the vote and defeated Democrat Michael O'Shea in the general election with 59.0%.
In the legislature she has introduced or co-sponsored bills on foreign ownership of agricultural land, parental rights in schools and health care, and immigration status checks for state benefits, and in 2023 she voted to override Governor Roy Cooper's veto of a bill banning abortions past 12 weeks of gestation.
The 11th district, which includes Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and several other counties, was held by Republican Chuck Edwards, who was re-elected with 56.8% of the vote in 2024 and won the 2026 Republican primary with 70.1%.
On August 5, 2026, after being recommended for censure by the House Ethics Committee, Edwards ended his re-election bid.
A committee formed by the North Carolina Republican Party chose Balkcom as the replacement nominee on August 10 over a field that included financial advisor Matthew Burril and mortgage broker Christian Reagan.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, she faces Democrat Jamie Ager, a farmer and grandson of former U.S. representative Jamie Clarke, and Libertarian Travis Groo, a safety specialist.
