Democrat Jamie Ager releases first ad after he gets new Republican opponent
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Democrat Jamie Ager has released his first television ad in his campaign for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District.
The advertisement, which was first shared with Spectrum News 1, began airing on TV Tuesday morning, and features him at his farm, a sustainable meat company, in western North Carolina.
The district is currently represented by Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards, who dropped his re-election campaign earlier this month after a bipartisan House Ethics Committee report said he engaged in inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers.
Just a few days later an 11th District GOP Committee selected state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom to replace Edwards on the ballot. Balkcom won a competitive three-way Republican primary in 2022 and is in her second term representing NC’s 117th District. She was a registered Democrat up u…