Jennifer Capps Balkcom
She says she will work to improve community safety.
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Public safety
In short
Balkcom's campaign says she will work to improve community safety. Ager's campaign backs more and better-paid police and first responders; Groo's lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, Balkcom's bill raising penalties for felons who have or use a gun during a felony passed the House 111 to 7. Its text became law in 2025 inside a larger Senate bill she voted for.
Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Jamie Ager
He wants more and better-paid police and first responders, federal money for firefighter pay and rural fire stations, and programs aimed at the root causes of crime.
Travis Groo
No position on public safety was found. His only statement of positions found is a three-line Ballotpedia survey (budget, income tax, certificate-of-need laws); his party page has no bio and he has no campaign site.
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What the record shows.
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Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Matches stated direction
Her bill raising penalties for felons who have or use a gun in a felony passed the House 111 to 7 and became law in 2025 as part of a Senate bill she voted for.
Full detail
Her statement on winning the nomination says she will work to improve community safety. She is the first-listed sponsor of House Bill 28, the Gun Violence Prevention Act, which creates tougher felony classes when a person barred from having guns as a felon has, shows or fires one while committing a felony. It passed the House 111 to 7 on March 18, 2025. The same text became law as Part VIII of Senate Bill 311 (Session Law 2025-71), signed July 9, 2025, and took effect December 1, 2025. She voted for that bill (House roll call 565, 100 to 7). Limit: Her bill's text became law inside a Senate bill with other sponsors and many other parts. 'Community safety' is broad, and this card does not score the rest of her record on crime and policing.
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Sources10 source records
- Jennifer Balkcom picked as Rep. Edwards' replacement in North Carolina congressional racehttps://wlos.com/news/local/north-carolina-11th-district-republican-jennifer-balkcom-chuck-edwards-replacement-jamie-ager-election
WLOS · Published Aug 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Reports the district Republican committee's vote on Monday, August 10, 2026, and quotes her campaign's statement in full. Her campaign site does not carry the statement.
original reporting
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: campaign position; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Matches stated direction
- Platformhttps://agerforcongress.com/platform
Ager for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled; ten sections. Positions are attributed, not verified facts.
candidate statement
For: Jamie Ager: campaign position
- Travis Groo, including his 2026 Candidate Connection surveyhttps://ballotpedia.org/Travis_Groo
Ballotpedia · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His survey answers are his own words, published by Ballotpedia. The page also records his earlier Libertarian runs for the state House in 2018 (District 11) and 2024 (District 36) and the state Senate in 2020 (District 17), all lost in November.
candidate statement
For: Travis Groo: campaign position
- Travis Groohttps://lp.org/candidate/travis-groo/
Libertarian Party · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The national party's candidate page. Its bio section is empty; it links x.com/groofornc and facebook.com/groofornc. No campaign website was found: groofornc.com does not resolve and travisgroo.com is a parked domain.
candidate statement
For: Travis Groo: campaign position
- House Bill 28, Gun Violence Prevention Act (2025-26)https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H28
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Primary sponsors Balkcom, Carson Smith, Miller and Pyrtle, with Balkcom listed first. Raises penalties when a felon has, shows or fires a gun while committing a felony. Passed the House March 18, 2025, and the bill itself stayed in the Senate Rules Committee; its text became law as Part VIII of Senate Bill 311 (Session Law 2025-71).
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Matches stated direction
- House Roll Call #32, HB 28, second readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/32
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of March 18, 2025, passed 111 to 7. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Matches stated direction
- Senate Bill 311, The Law and Order Act (2025-26)https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S311
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Primary sponsors Britt, Craven and Blue. Signed July 9, 2025; Session Law 2025-71. Balkcom is not a sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Matches stated direction
- Session Law 2025-71, The Law and Order Acthttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2025-71.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Part VIII, Gun Violence Prevention, rewrites G.S. 14-415.1 with the same new subsections (a1) to (a3) as House Bill 28, effective December 1, 2025. Signed July 9, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Matches stated direction
- G.S. 14-415.1, Possession of firearms, etc., by felon prohibitedhttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-415.1.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The statute as it now reads, with subsections (a1) to (a3) from House Bill 28. Its history note ends '2025-71, s. 8(a)'.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Matches stated direction
- House Roll Call #565, SB 311 (The Law and Order Act), conference reporthttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/565
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of June 26, 2025, adopted 100 to 7. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Matches stated direction