Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jennifer Balkcom, the newly named GOP nominee in the race for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, spoke with News 13 for the first time since a committee selected her to replace Rep. Chuck Edwards on the November ballot. #ncpol #election

Balkcom attended Thursday's groundbreaking ceremony for Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry's (ABCCM) new veterans facility along Tunnel Road. We asked her what she's been doing in the days since entering the NC-11 race and why she changed political parties.
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