U.S. House

North Carolina
District 11

Election day: November 3, 2026

Three candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in North Carolina's District 11.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 2, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 2, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Republican

One stated goal More affordable living for working families, safer communities, support for farmers, and the money western North Carolina needs to keep recovering from Helene.

One checked action Oct 9, 2024. Voted for the Disaster Recovery Act of 2024, the state's first Helene relief law. The House adopted it 113 to 0.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

No table yet. Her committee registered on August 13, 2026 and has filed no money report; its first, the October Quarterly, is due October 15.

Jamie Ager

Democratic

One stated goal Helene recovery money delivered with less red tape, which he calls his top priority.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash $2,184,778 on Jun 30, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Leadership PACs: $89,000; PAC - Qualified: $44,000.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Lines 11B, 11C and 12 of his committee's 2025-26 filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's type for each giving committee. Each line matches the committee's own totals: party committees $8,220.78, other committees $223,349.00, joint fundraising transfers $17,570.00. Donations individuals made through ActBlue are not in the table. The rows sum to 249,139.78 dollars.

Travis Groo

Libertarian

One stated goal A balanced federal budget.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

No table: the FEC lists no campaign committee or money reports for him. A House candidate must register once he raises or spends more than $5,000.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

Jennifer Capps BalkcomRepublican
Jamie AgerDemocratic
Travis GrooLibertarian

Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 General Candidate List by Contest (Federal and State)

Checked October 1, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

Goals come from each campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Background

A Republican state representative for Henderson County, District 117, in her second term. The General Assembly lists her job as mortgage loan officer.
In the 2025-26 session she chairs the House Insurance Committee and an appropriations subcommittee on agriculture and natural resources, and is vice chair of the House Select Committee on Helene Recovery.
Her campaign says she grew up on her family's apple farm in Henderson County and has worked in banking and finance since 1998.
District Republicans chose her on August 10, 2026 to replace Rep. Chuck Edwards, who had left the race on August 5. The state lists her filing on August 11.

What they say they want to do

More affordable living for working families, safer communities, support for farmers, and the money western North Carolina needs to keep recovering from Helene.
Keeping China and other foreign adversaries from owning or buying farmland.
Lower costs, Helene funding and better health care, as her second ad puts it.

What the official record shows

Oct 9, 2024 Voted for the Disaster Recovery Act of 2024, the state's first Helene relief law. The House adopted it 113 to 0.
Dec 11, 2024 Voted to override the governor's veto of the third Helene act, which also moved appointment of the State Board of Elections from the governor to the state auditor. The House overrode it 72 to 46.
Mar 18, 2025 Her Gun Violence Prevention Act, which raises penalties when a felon has or uses a gun during a felony, passed the House 111 to 7. She is its first-listed sponsor. Its text became law in July 2025 inside Senate Bill 311, which she also voted for.
Jun 26, 2025 A disaster recovery bill she is a primary sponsor of became law. It makes denying state disaster aid over politics a crime and relaxes some building rules for Helene-damaged property.
Jul 7, 2026 Her NC Farmland and Military Protection Act became law. From April 1, 2027 it bars governments on a federal list of adversaries, including China, and entities they control from buying farmland or land near military bases. She is its first-listed sponsor.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

No table yet. Her committee registered on August 13, 2026 and has filed no money report; its first, the October Quarterly, is due October 15.

Jamie Ager

Background

A fourth-generation farmer from Fairview. A state agriculture list names him as owner of Hickory Nut Gap Farm, and his campaign says he and his wife built Hickory Nut Gap into a meat company with 25 employees.
His campaign says his grandfather Jamie Clarke served in Congress, his father served in the state House, and his brother Eric holds that seat now.
He won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary with 49,193 of 76,084 votes.

What they say they want to do

Helene recovery money delivered with less red tape, which he calls his top priority.
A public option for health insurance, with Medicaid and Medicare protected.
Lower costs through housing help, energy tax credits, a bigger child tax credit and action against monopolies.
A ban on stock trading by members of Congress and stronger ethics rules.

What the official record shows

He has never held public office, so there are no votes or official acts to list.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Leadership PACs 27 committees	$89,000
PAC - Qualified 11 committees	$44,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 8 committees	$43,000
House 12 committees	$27,000
Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 3 committees	$17,570
Labor Organization PACs 2 committees	$10,000
Party committees 2 committees	$8,221
Membership Organization PACs 4 committees	$8,100
Committees the FEC records no type for 3 committees	$1,499
Trade Association PACs 1 committee	$500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 1 committee	$250

Source: Federal Election Commission

Travis Groo

Background

The Libertarian nominee. His filing address on the state's candidate list is in Greensboro, outside the district; the Constitution requires only that a House member live in the state.
Ballotpedia records three earlier Libertarian runs for the legislature, all lost: the state House in 2018 and 2024 and the state Senate in 2020.

What they say they want to do

A balanced federal budget.
An end to the income tax.
The end of certificate-of-need laws.

What the official record shows

He has never held public office, so there are no votes or official acts to list. His past races are results, not a record of conduct.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

No table: the FEC lists no campaign committee or money reports for him. A House candidate must register once he raises or spends more than $5,000.

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up
Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

District Republicans picked Jennifer Balkcom to replace Chuck Edwards as their nominee, setting up a race against Democrat Jamie Ager, WLOS reported.
As of Oct 1, 2026.

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Republican

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

State representative for North Carolina House District 117, Henderson County, in her second term.

FEC candidate: H6NC11321
Principal committee: C00958785

Public profiles

X @JenBalkcomListed by Ballotpedia; her campaign site links no social accounts. X shows posts only to signed-in readers, so none were read.
Facebook jennifer.balkcom.94Listed by Ballotpedia. Not read.
Instagram: not foundHer campaign site links no Instagram account.

Democratic

Jamie Ager

Farmer and co-owner of Hickory Nut Gap in Fairview; holds no public office.

FEC candidate: H6NC11248
Principal committee: C00914119

Public profiles

X @JamieAgerNCLinked by the campaign site. Not read: X shows posts only to signed-in readers.
Instagram @jamieagerncLinked by the campaign site.
Facebook JamieAgerNCLinked by the campaign site.

Libertarian

Travis Groo

Libertarian candidate; holds no public office. His filing address is in Greensboro.

FEC candidate: H6NC11313

Public profiles

X @grooforncLinked by the Libertarian Party's candidate page. Not read.
Facebook grooforncLinked by the Libertarian Party's candidate page. Not read.
Instagram: not foundNo Instagram account is linked from his party page or Ballotpedia, and he has no campaign site.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Hurricane Helene recovery

Balkcom's campaign says she will fight for Helene recovery funding. Ager's campaign calls delivering recovery money his top priority; Groo's lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, Balkcom voted for all five state Helene relief acts and the 2026 budget's $706 million for recovery; most passed with nearly every member voting yes. She sponsored a 2025 law making it a crime to deny state disaster aid over politics.

What each campaign says

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

She says she will work to make sure western North Carolina has the resources it needs to keep recovering from Hurricane Helene. Her second ad says she will fight for Helene funding.

Jamie Ager

He says delivering recovery money is his top priority, that towns are still waiting for money Congress promised, and that red tape should be cut to get it to people and small businesses.

Travis Groo

No position on Helene recovery 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.

Cost of living

Balkcom's campaign says she will fight for lower costs and names no specific measure. Ager's campaign backs a bigger child tax credit, childcare grants and help for first-time home buyers; Groo's lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, Balkcom cosponsored a state tax break on overtime and tips that has sat in committee since 2025. She voted for a property tax limit amendment that goes to voters in November 2026.

What each campaign says

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

She says she will work to make life more affordable for working families. Her second ad says she will fight for lower costs. She names no specific measure.

Jamie Ager

He backs help for first-time home buyers, energy tax credits, a larger child tax credit and childcare grants, and action against monopolies in food and utilities.

Travis Groo

No position on the cost of living 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.

Farms and farmland

Balkcom's campaign would keep China and other enemies from owning farmland. Ager's campaign backs small and young farmers; Groo's lists no position on the pages checked. On the record, Balkcom was first-listed sponsor of a 2026 law barring governments on a federal adversary list from buying farmland from 2027. Ager's platform says his company helped get grass-fed beef into schools; a state list names its beef in 2026 deliveries without calling it grass-fed.

What each campaign says

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

She says she will support farmers and will not let China or other enemies own or buy the state's farmland.

Jamie Ager

He wants farm policy that favors small farmers, help for young farmers to own land, right-to-repair laws, markets for farm and timber products, and stronger SNAP and WIC.

Travis Groo

No position on farming was found. His survey names property rights as the policy area he cares most about. 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.

Health care

Balkcom's campaign says she will fight for better health care and names no specific policy. Ager's campaign backs a public option and Medicare dental and vision coverage; Groo's would end rules requiring state approval before some health facilities open. On the record, Balkcom voted no on all four House votes on the 2023 state Medicaid expansion law. She voted for the 2023 budget that expansion depended on.

What each campaign says

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Her second ad says she will fight for better health care. Her campaign states no specific health policy.

Jamie Ager

He wants a public option, protection of Medicaid and Medicare, Medicare drug-price negotiation and the insulin cap kept, and Medicare coverage of dental and vision care.

Travis Groo

He wants to abolish certificate-of-need laws, which require state approval before some health facilities can open or expand.

Public safety

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.

What each campaign says

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

She says she will work to improve community safety.

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.

Taxes and federal spending

Balkcom's campaign lists no tax or spending position on the pages checked. Ager's campaign wants those at the top to pay their fair share and no tax on tips; Groo's wants a balanced federal budget and no income tax. On the record, Balkcom voted for the 2023 state budget, which sped up income tax cuts to 3.99% from 2026. That vote covered the whole budget, not taxes alone.

What each campaign says

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

No position on taxes or federal spending was found on her campaign site, in her August 10 statement, or in her two ads.

Jamie Ager

He wants the tax code changed so those at the top pay their fair share, no tax on tips for workers, and a ban on stock trading by members of Congress.

Travis Groo

He wants a balanced federal budget and an end to the income tax.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Her campaign ad says she led the effort in Raleigh to stop China and other enemies from owning or buying the state's farmland.

What the record shows · Jul 7, 2026

She was first-listed sponsor of House Bill 133, signed in July 2026, which bars governments on a federal adversary list, including China, from buying farmland from April 1, 2027.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her campaign ad says she led the effort in Raleigh to stop China and other enemies from owning or buying the state's farmland.

“Protecting family farms is personal to me. That's why I led the effort in Raleigh to stop China and other enemies from owning or buying our farmland.”

What the record shows · Jul 7, 2026

She is the first-listed of four primary sponsors of House Bill 133, the NC Farmland and Military Protection Act, filed February 17, 2025. It passed the House 111 to 0 on April 16, 2025, the Senate rewrote it in June 2026, the House agreed 111 to 2 on June 30, and the governor signed it on July 7, 2026 (Session Law 2026-54). The law bars governments on a federal list of adversaries, which includes China, and entities they control from acquiring farmland or land near listed military bases. Owners who already hold such land may keep it but must register. The ban starts April 1, 2027. She was also a primary sponsor of the 2023 version, which passed the House and stopped in the Senate.

Limit: She led the bill in the sense the legislature records it: first-listed sponsor, with three co-leads and 57 cosponsors. The law covers governments on the federal list and companies they control, not every buyer from those countries. It stops new purchases from April 1, 2027; current owners may keep their land.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her statement on winning the nomination says she has fought for Henderson County in Raleigh and will work to make sure the region has the resources it needs to keep recovering from Hurricane Helene.

What the record shows · Jul 2, 2026

She voted for all five Helene relief acts and the 2026 budget's $706 million for recovery, sponsored House Bill 251, and is vice chair of the House Helene recovery committee.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her statement on winning the nomination says she has fought for Henderson County in Raleigh and will work to make sure the region has the resources it needs to keep recovering from Hurricane Helene.

“It has been an incredible honor to fight for Henderson County in Raleigh, and I will take that fight to Washington and work every single day to make life more affordable for working families, improve community safety, support our farmers, and ensure we have the resources we need to continue to recover from Hurricane Helene.”

What the record shows · Jul 2, 2026

She voted for each of the five Helene relief acts titled Disaster Recovery Act on its final House vote: the Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 (113 to 0) and its Part II (108 to 0) in October 2024; Part III, which also moved appointment of the State Board of Elections from the governor to the state auditor, on adoption (63 to 46) and on overriding the governor's veto (72 to 46); and the 2025 acts Part I (115 to 1) and Part II (109 to 0). She is listed as a sponsor of the 2025 Part I. She is a primary sponsor of House Bill 251, which became Session Law 2025-18; it makes denying state disaster aid over politics a crime and relaxes some building rules for Helene-damaged property. She is vice chair of the House Select Committee on Helene Recovery. She also voted for the 2026 budget, which puts $706 million into the Helene recovery fund (88 to 21 on final reading), and for a September 2025 act with more disaster money, including Helene repairs at Warren Wilson College and UNC Asheville (105 to 4).

Limit: Most of these passed with nearly every member voting yes, so her votes show direction, not leadership. The third act paired relief with changes to state officials' powers, and Democrats voted against it.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Community safety: the bill she leads

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her statement on winning the nomination says she will work to improve community safety.

What the record shows · Jul 9, 2025

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.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her statement on winning the nomination says she will work to improve community safety.

“improve community safety”

What the record shows · Jul 9, 2025

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.

Jamie Ager

Fundraising: what he says he raised

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says it raised more than $1,362,000 in the second quarter of 2026 and ended June with nearly $2,185,000 on hand.

What the record shows · Jul 15, 2026

His July report shows $1,362,026.38 in receipts from April 1 to June 30, 2026, and $2,184,777.78 cash on hand at the end of June.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says it raised more than $1,362,000 in the second quarter of 2026 and ended June with nearly $2,185,000 on hand.

“In Q2 2026, the Ager campaign raised more than $1,362,000 from a median donation of just $10 (and no corporate PAC money), bringing the campaign to nearly $2,185,000 cash on hand at close of reporting.”

What the record shows · Jul 15, 2026

His committee's July Quarterly report, covering April 1 to June 30, 2026, shows $1,362,026.38 in receipts and $2,184,777.78 cash on hand at the end of the period. ActBlue's reports list 10,630 gifts to his campaign in the same three months; the median gift was $10.

Limit: Receipts include transfers from joint fundraising committees as well as donations. The $10 median covers only gifts made through ActBlue, which came to $834,825.62.

Jamie Ager

Money: no corporate PAC money

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says it took no corporate PAC money in the second quarter of 2026, and earlier said it was not running on corporate interests.

What the record shows · Jun 30, 2026

None of the committees that gave to his campaign through June 30, 2026 is one the FEC ties to a corporation; most came from leadership PACs, other PACs and House members' campaigns.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says it took no corporate PAC money in the second quarter of 2026, and earlier said it was not running on corporate interests.

“(and no corporate PAC money)”

In their own words, dated

“We're running a campaign that's rooted in and focused on Western North Carolina — not political games, partisan rhetoric, or corporate interests.”
Apr 9, 2026

What the record shows · Jun 30, 2026

None of the committees that gave to his campaign through June 30, 2026 is one the FEC records as tied to a corporation. On lines 11B, 11C and 12 his committee reported $249,139.78 from committees, mostly leadership PACs, other PACs and House members' campaigns, plus $10,000 from two union PACs and $8,100 from four membership-group PACs. In the second quarter, $104,040.78 came from committees, including $500 on April 9 from the North Carolina Soybean Producers Association's PAC, which the FEC classes as a trade association.

What the filings show

Committee money through June 30, 2026: $249,139.78, none from a corporation's PAC.

Lines 11B, 11C and 12 only; individual donations are not counted.

Limit: This uses the FEC's own class for each giving committee. A trade association or leadership PAC can itself take corporate PAC money, and that second step is not traced here.

Jamie Ager

Farm to school: his company's beef in schools

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His platform says Hickory Nut Gap partnered with the state agriculture department to get local grass-fed beef into schools in the region.

What the record shows · Apr 22, 2024

The state's Farm to School list names Hickory Nut Gap ground beef among its 2026 deliveries; it does not say the beef was grass-fed.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His platform says Hickory Nut Gap partnered with the state agriculture department to get local grass-fed beef into schools in the region.

“At Hickory Nut Gap, we partnered with the NC Department of Agriculture to get local grass-fed beef into local schools in our region.”

What the record shows · Apr 22, 2024

The department's own post from April 2024 says its Farm to School program was delivering North Carolina beef to 108 school systems, and that ground beef was one of two new items. It does not name any supplier. The program's food-origins page lists Hickory Nut Gap ground beef among its deliveries, including weeks in 2026.

Limit: This is a claim about his company, not about public office. The state's list shows 2026 deliveries only and does not say the beef was grass-fed.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes

Matches stated direction

What they say

At a Chamber of Commerce forum in her 2022 Republican primary for the state House, she said she did not favor expanding Medicaid and that her concern was where the budget would find the money.

What the record shows · Mar 27, 2023

She voted no on all four House votes on the 2023 Medicaid expansion law, but voted for the 2023 budget that expansion depended on.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

At a Chamber of Commerce forum in her 2022 Republican primary for the state House, she said she did not favor expanding Medicaid and that her concern was where the budget would find the money.

“As far as expansion goes, I'm not in favor of that. I think the concern is where are we going to find it in the budget.”

What the record shows · Mar 27, 2023

She voted no on all four House roll calls on House Bill 76, which expanded Medicaid and changed some certificate-of-need rules: 96 to 23 and 92 to 22 in February 2023, then 95 to 21 and 87 to 24 on agreeing to the Senate's version in March. It passed, and the governor signed it on March 27, 2023 (Session Law 2023-7).

Limit: Her words are from 2022, before she took office; her 2026 campaign says only that she will fight for better health care. Expansion could start only after a 2023 budget became law, and she voted for that budget.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Taxes: her 2022 answer and the 2023 budget

Matches stated direction

What they say

At the same 2022 forum, asked whether she favored continuing to build a business-friendly tax environment, she said yes.

What the record shows · Oct 3, 2023

She voted for the 2023 state budget, which sped up income tax cuts to 3.99% from 2026, set a $500 franchise tax on a corporation's first $1 million and repealed a privilege tax.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

At the same 2022 forum, asked whether she favored continuing to build a business-friendly tax environment, she said yes.

“I run a small business so I know what it's like to pay taxes and I pay a lot of them. So yes, I'm in favor of continuing to do that.”

What the record shows · Oct 3, 2023

She voted for the 2023 budget, House Bill 259, on both final House votes: 69 to 40 on September 21 and 70 to 40 on September 22, 2023. It became law without the governor's signature on October 3, 2023 (Session Law 2023-134). It cut the personal income tax rate faster, to 4.5% for 2024, 4.25% for 2025 and 3.99% from 2026, with further cuts down to 2.49% when revenue passes set targets. It also set the franchise tax at $500 on a C corporation's first $1 million of tax base and repealed the state privilege tax on professionals.

Limit: A budget vote covers the whole budget, not just taxes. Her words are from her 2022 state House race; her 2026 campaign has stated no tax position.

Jennifer Capps Balkcom

Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her statement on winning the nomination says she will work every day to make life more affordable for working families. Her second ad says she will fight for lower costs.

What the record shows · May 21, 2026

She cosponsored a bill to exempt overtime, tips and some bonuses from state tax, which has had no vote, and a property tax limit amendment going to voters in November 2026.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her statement on winning the nomination says she will work every day to make life more affordable for working families. Her second ad says she will fight for lower costs.

“work every single day to make life more affordable for working families”

What the record shows · May 21, 2026

She is a cosponsor of House Bill 11 (2025), which would let people deduct overtime pay, tips and up to $2,500 of bonus pay from state taxable income. It has sat in the House Finance Committee since March 11, 2025. She is also a cosponsor of House Bill 1089, a state constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to limit how much local property taxes can rise. She voted for it on both House readings on May 20, 2026 (73 to 46). It goes to voters on November 3, 2026 (Session Law 2026-5).

Limit: Affordability covers much more than taxes; this card shows only these two bills. The tips bill has had no floor vote, and the property tax limit needs voters' approval.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

Candidate	Cycle receipts	Cycle disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt owed
Jamie AgerC00914119	$1,362,026	$291,962	$2,184,778	$0

Read the filing details

Jamie Ager: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1995850, image 202607159875737982.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Oct 1, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

Oct 9, 2024
First Helene relief act passes
The House adopted the Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 113 to 0. Balkcom voted for it.
Jul 9, 2025
Her gun-crime bill becomes law in another bill
The governor signed Senate Bill 311, the Law and Order Act, which carries the text of Balkcom's House Bill 28. She voted for it.
Jul 31, 2025
Ager registers his campaign
Ager for Congress filed its Statement of Organization with the FEC.
Dec 19, 2025
Ballot order drawn
The State Board drew the letter F and tails, so 2026 ballots list candidates by last name from F backward.
Mar 3, 2026
Primaries
Ager won the Democratic primary with 49,193 of 76,084 votes. Rep. Chuck Edwards won the Republican primary.
Jul 7, 2026
Farmland act signed
The governor signed Balkcom's NC Farmland and Military Protection Act, Session Law 2026-54.
Jul 15, 2026
Ager files his second-quarter report
$1,362,026.38 raised from April 1 to June 30 and $2,184,777.78 on hand.
Aug 5, 2026
Edwards leaves the race
Rep. Chuck Edwards ended his reelection campaign. He is not on the November ballot.
Aug 10, 2026
Republicans choose Balkcom
The district's Republican Executive Committee chose Balkcom as the nominee. The state lists her filing on August 11.
Aug 13, 2026
Balkcom registers her campaign
Balkcom for Congress filed its Statement of Organization with the FEC.
Sep 21, 2026
Official candidate list
The State Board's general-election list shows three candidates: Balkcom, Ager and Groo.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date: November 3, 2026
Added: October 2026
Ballot source updated: Official list generated September 21, 2026; reviewed October 1, 2026.
Candidate field: Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Oct 18, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

BallotIncluded
3 printed candidates, checked October 1, 2026 against the official election record.
Race outlookIncluded
1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Oct 18, 2026.
Reported contextIncluded
1 dated development with original reporting attached.
Words and recordIncluded
9 statement-to-action comparisons across 3 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.
Campaign financeIncluded
FEC filing snapshots for 1 principal campaign committee, with a common coverage cutoff.
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No published poll has been reviewed for this race yet.

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Sources84 source records

Snapshot as of Oct 18, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/north-carolina-us-house-11-2026

How we use sources

North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 General Candidate List by Contest (Federal and State) (document)
2026 General Candidate List by Contest (Federal and State)
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Generated September 21, 2026. Lists three candidates for the 11th District: Jennifer Capps Balkcom (REP, filed 08/11/2026), Jamie Ager (DEM) and Travis Groo (LIB). Chuck Edwards is not on it.
official election record
For: Election facts, ratings and race context; Candidate roles and profiles; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Travis Groo: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
WLOShttps://wlos.com/news/local/north-carolina-11th-district-republican-jennifer-balkcom-chuck-edwards-replacement-jamie-ager-election
Jennifer Balkcom picked as Rep. Edwards' replacement in North Carolina congressional race
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: Election facts, ratings and race context; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Hurricane Helene recovery; Cost of living; Farms and farmland; Public safety; Taxes and federal spending; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Community safety: the bill she leads; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Representative Jennifer Balkcom, biographyhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/820
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Republican, District 117 (Henderson County), two House terms, occupation mortgage loan officer.
official office record
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money
North Carolina's 11th Congressional District election, 2026https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina%27s_11th_Congressional_District_election,_2026
Ballotpedia · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Quotes her Farmland ad word for word, matching the video's captions. Also the source of the race ratings history.
original reporting
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Farms and farmland; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out
Balkcom for Congress, home pagehttps://www.jenniferbalkcom.com/
Balkcom for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled; a short biography, which is the site's whole content. The domain matches the email on her state filing and the donate button goes to WinRed's Balkcom for Congress page. The page shows no 'Paid for by' line. Its /about page carries another candidate's text (a Yakima County commissioner running in Washington), so it is not used.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Taxes and federal spending
Meet Jamie Agerhttps://agerforcongress.com/about
Ager for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled biography.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Jamie Ager: background, goals, record and money
Jamie Ager for US Congress, home pagehttps://agerforcongress.com/
Ager for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled; carries 'Paid for by Ager for Congress'. The committee's FEC filing names this site.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles
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: Candidate roles and profiles; Hurricane Helene recovery; Cost of living; Public safety
Representative Jennifer Balkcom, committeeshttps://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Committees/H/820
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
2025-26 assignments, including chair of Insurance and of the agriculture and natural and economic resources appropriations subcommittee, and vice chair of the House Select Committee on Helene Recovery.
official office record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
North Carolina Rep. Edwards quits reelection bid after committee finds inappropriate conducthttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/north-carolina-rep-edwards-quits-reelection-bid-after-committee-finds-inappropriate-conduct
PBS News (Associated Press) · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Used only for the date Edwards left the race, August 5, 2026.
original reporting
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Farmland 30 sechttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmd4TDzHsOs
Jennifer Balkcom for Congress (YouTube) · Published Sep 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Her campaign's ad, posted September 9, 2026; she approves it on camera. Read from the video's own captions on October 1, 2026 (saved in the desk's cache). The wording is checked against Ballotpedia's transcription.
candidate statement
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Farms and farmland; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out
Mom 30 sechttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWut6wscfZM
Jennifer Balkcom for Congress (YouTube) · Published Sep 29, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Her campaign's second ad, posted September 29, 2026; she approves it on camera. NC Newsline reports it was paid for by the NRCC. Read from the video's captions.
candidate statement
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Health care
NC-11 candidates offer competing 'mountain values' in unique adshttps://ncnewsline.com/2026/09/30/nc-11-candidates-offer-competing-mountain-values-in-unique-ads/
NC Newsline · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Transcribes both campaigns' newest ads.
original reporting
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Hurricane Helene recovery; Cost of living; Health care; Taxes and federal spending; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto
House Roll Call #797, HB 149 (Disaster Recovery Act of 2024), conference reporthttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/797
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of October 9, 2024, adopted 113 to 0. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Session Law 2024-51, The Disaster Recovery Act of 2024https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2023-2024/SL2024-51.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The first Helene relief act, signed October 10, 2024.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
House Roll Call #811, SB 382 (Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 - Part III), veto overridehttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/811
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of December 11, 2024, overridden 72 to 46. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
Session Law 2024-57, Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 - Part III and other changeshttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2023-2024/SL2024-57.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Helene money combined with budget adjustments and other law changes, including moving appointment of the State Board of Elections from the governor to the state auditor. Vetoed November 26, 2024; enacted over the veto December 11, 2024.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
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: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Community safety: the bill she leads
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: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Community safety: the bill she leads
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: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Community safety: the bill she leads; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Community safety: the bill she leads; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
House Bill 251, Various Disaster Recovery Reforms (2025-26)https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H251
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Primary sponsors Hastings, Greene, Balkcom and Bell. Signed June 26, 2025; Session Law 2025-18.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
Session Law 2025-18, Various Disaster Recovery Reformshttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2025-18.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Makes it a crime to deny state disaster aid over political affiliation or speech, adds a crime for stealing emergency temporary housing, and relaxes some building rules for Helene-damaged property.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
House Bill 133, NC Farmland and Military Protection Act (2025-26)https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H133
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Primary sponsors Balkcom, N. Jackson, Zenger and Bell, with Balkcom listed first. Filed February 17, 2025; signed by the governor July 7, 2026; Session Law 2026-54.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Session Law 2026-54, NC Farmland and Military Protection Acthttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-54.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted text. It bars adversarial foreign governments and entities they control, as listed in a federal arms-export rule, from acquiring farmland or land near listed military installations. Those that already hold such land may keep it but must register and may not buy more (new G.S. 64-63(c)); divestment applies to land acquired later by inheritance, foreclosure or debt collection, or held in violation. The ban takes effect April 1, 2027 (Section 6).
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
22 CFR 126.1, Prohibited exports, imports, and sales to or from certain countrieshttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-126/section-126.1
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The federal arms-export rule the farmland law points to. Its paragraph (d)(1) list includes China, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Belarus, Burma, Syria and Venezuela.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out
BALKCOM FOR CONGRESS, Statement of Organization (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Filed August 13, 2026. It is the committee's only filing as of October 1, 2026; its first money report, the October Quarterly, is due October 15.
fec filing
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Candidates for the House, North Carolina District 11, 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/house/?state=NC&district=11&election_year=2026
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on October 1, 2026. Ager's committee is C00914119. Balkcom (H6NC11321) registered Balkcom for Congress, C00958785, on August 13, 2026. Groo has a candidate record (H6NC11313) with no committee and no filings.
fec filing
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: background, goals, record and money; Jamie Ager: background, goals, record and money; Travis Groo: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Poultry Exempt Firms (document)
N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The Meat and Poultry Inspection Division's list, dated September 18, 2026. It lists Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview with owner James Ager, his legal first name on the State Board's list.
official office record
For: Jamie Ager: background, goals, record and money
March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (document)
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Summed for the 11th District contests: Democratic primary 76,084 votes, Ager 49,193; Republican primary 68,184 votes, Edwards 47,795 and Adam R. Smith 20,389. The State Board's results feed (er.ncsbe.gov/enr/20260303/data/results_0.txt) gives the same totals.
official election record
For: Jamie Ager: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: background, goals, record and money; Hurricane Helene recovery; Cost of living; Farms and farmland; Health care; Public safety; Taxes and federal spending; Jamie Ager: Farm to school: his company's beef in schools
AGER FOR CONGRESS, receipts from committees (lines 11B, 11C and 12)https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00914119&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026: 3 rows on line 11B, 100 on 11C, 16 on 12. Each line matches the committee's own totals.
fec filing
For: Jamie Ager: background, goals, record and money; Jamie Ager: Money: no corporate PAC money
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: background, goals, record and money; Hurricane Helene recovery; Cost of living; Farms and farmland; Health care; Public safety; Taxes and federal spending
GROO, TRAVIS, candidate recordhttps://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6NC11313/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
A 2026 House candidate record with no principal committee, no filing date and no money raised, as of October 1, 2026. The FEC's page says it has no financial data for him for 2025-2026.
fec filing
For: Travis Groo: background, goals, record and money
House Roll Call #129, HB 133, second readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/129
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of April 16, 2025, passed 111 to 0. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out
House Roll Call #743, HB 133, concurring in the Senate versionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/743
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of June 30, 2026, passed 111 to 2. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out
House Bill 463, NC Farmland and Military Protection Act (2023-24)https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H463
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The earlier version. Primary sponsors Bell, Balkcom, Zenger and Moore. Passed the House April 26, 2023 and stopped in a Senate committee.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out
House Roll Call #246, HB 463, second readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/246
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of April 26, 2023, passed 114 to 0. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out
House Roll Call #799, SB 743 (Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 - Part II), conference reporthttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/799
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of October 24, 2024, adopted 108 to 0. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
Session Law 2024-53, The Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 - Part IIhttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2023-2024/SL2024-53.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The second Helene relief act, signed October 25, 2024.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
House Roll Call #808, SB 382 (Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 - Part III), conference reporthttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/808
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of November 19, 2024, adopted 63 to 46. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
House Roll Call #38, HB 47 (Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I), conference reporthttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/38
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of March 18, 2025, adopted 115 to 1. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
Session Law 2025-2, The Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part Ihttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2025-2.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Helene appropriations, signed March 19, 2025. Balkcom is listed as a sponsor of House Bill 47.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
House Roll Call #571, HB 1012 (Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part II), conference reporthttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/571
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of June 26, 2025, adopted 109 to 0. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
Session Law 2025-26, The Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part IIhttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2025-26.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Helene and wildfire appropriations, signed June 27, 2025.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
House Roll Call #429, HB 251, concurring in the Senate versionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/429
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of June 17, 2025, passed 113 to 1. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
Session Law 2026-41, 2026 Appropriations Acthttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-41.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Senate Bill 257, signed July 7, 2026. Section 5A.2(d) allocates $706,128,539 through the Hurricane Helene Disaster Recovery Fund for 2026-27.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
House Roll Call #779, SB 257 (2026 Appropriations Act), conference report, second readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/779
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of July 1, 2026, adopted 92 to 23. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
House Roll Call #783, SB 257 (2026 Appropriations Act), conference report, third readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/783
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of July 2, 2026, adopted 88 to 21. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
Session Law 2025-92, additional disaster relief and budget adjustments (House Bill 358)https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2025-92.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed September 30, 2025. Mostly Tropical Storm Chantal relief and budget changes; it also gives $1,500,000 to Warren Wilson College and $1,000,000 to UNC Asheville to repair Helene damage. The Senate turned an insurance bill into this act, so Balkcom's listing as a sponsor of House Bill 358 is not credited to her for the relief money.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
House Roll Call #607, HB 358, concurring in the Senate versionhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/607
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of September 23, 2025, passed 105 to 4. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Helene recovery: her votes in Raleigh
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: Community safety: the bill she leads; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
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: Community safety: the bill she leads
Ager outraises Edwards... By a lot... Againhttps://agerforcongress.com/release/ager-outraises-edwards-by-a-lot-again
Ager for Congress · Published Jul 17, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign press release on his second-quarter 2026 fundraising. Its comparison with his opponent's fundraising is not used.
candidate statement
For: Jamie Ager: Fundraising: what he says he raised; Jamie Ager: Money: no corporate PAC money
AGER FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Principal campaign committee, April 1 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026. The most recent report on file, read from OpenFEC on October 1, 2026. Its summary page shows $220.78 from party committees, $86,250.00 from other committees and $17,570.00 in joint fundraising transfers for the period. Committee C00914119; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1995850; image 202607159875737982.
fec filing
For: Jamie Ager: Fundraising: what he says he raised; Jamie Ager: Money: no corporate PAC money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Campaign finance
ACTBLUE, May, June and July Monthly reports 2026https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00401224/2000535/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
ActBlue (C00401224) filings FEC-1977432, FEC-1986105 and FEC-2000535, covering April to June 2026. Individual gifts memoed "Earmarked for AGER FOR CONGRESS (C00914119)" and dated April 1 to June 30: 10,630 gifts, $834,825.62, median $10.00 (a gift median, not a donor median).
fec filing
For: Jamie Ager: Fundraising: what he says he raised
Fairview Farmer Jamie Ager Raises Over $950,000 in the First Quarter of 2026https://agerforcongress.com/release/fairview-farmer-jamie-ager-raises-over-950000-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026
Ager for Congress · Published Apr 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign press release.
candidate statement
For: Jamie Ager: Money: no corporate PAC money
Food Distribution Division is set to deliver over $3.6 million in locally sourced foods to North Carolina schoolshttps://blog.ncagr.gov/2024/04/22/food-distribution-division-is-set-to-deliver-over-3-6-million-in-locally-sourced-foods-to-north-carolina-schools-a-record-for-the-program-this-farm-to-school-effort-has-not-only-benefitted/
N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services · Published Apr 22, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The department's own post: its Farm to School program delivers North Carolina beef to schools. It names no supplier. A search of the department's blog for Hickory Nut Gap found no post about the program.
official office record
For: Jamie Ager: Farm to school: his company's beef in schools
NC Farm To School Food Originshttps://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/food-distribution/farm-school/nc-farm-school-food-origins
N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
The program's list of each item, farm and delivery week. It lists Hickory Nut Gap of Hendersonville for frozen ground beef chubs, including weeks of 2026.
official office record
For: Jamie Ager: Farm to school: his company's beef in schools
House 117 candidates talk Ecusta Trail, taxes, Medicaid expansionhttps://www.hendersonvillelightning.com/four-seasons-politics/11539-house-117-candidates-talk-ecusta-trail-taxes-medicaid-expansion.html
Hendersonville Lightning · Published May 1, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Reports a Chamber of Commerce forum in the 2022 Republican primary for state House District 117 and prints each candidate's answers. Used only for Balkcom's own answers on Medicaid expansion and business taxes.
original reporting
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes; Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Taxes: her 2022 answer and the 2023 budget
House Bill 76 (2023): Access to Healthcare Optionshttps://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H76
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Medicaid expansion and certificate-of-need changes. Signed March 27, 2023; Session Law 2023-7.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes
House Roll Call #16, HB 76, second readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/16
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of February 15, 2023 on House Bill 76, second reading, passed 96 to 23. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican noes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes
House Roll Call #25, HB 76, third readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/25
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of February 16, 2023 on House Bill 76, third reading, passed 92 to 22. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican noes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes
House Roll Call #93, HB 76, concurring in the Senate version (second reading)https://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/93
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of March 22, 2023 on agreeing to the Senate's version of House Bill 76, passed 95 to 21. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican noes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes
House Roll Call #113, HB 76, concurring in the Senate version (third reading)https://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/113
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of March 23, 2023 on agreeing to the Senate's version of House Bill 76, passed 87 to 24. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican noes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes
Session Law 2023-7https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2023-2024/SL2023-7.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted text. Part I adds the federal Medicaid expansion group; Part IA says it ends unless a 2023-24 budget becomes law by June 30, 2024; Part III changes certificate-of-need rules.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes
Governor Cooper Signs Medicaid Expansion into Lawhttps://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/03/27/governor-cooper-signs-medicaid-expansion-law
Office of the Governor of North Carolina · Published Mar 27, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Says House Bill 76 was signed on March 27, 2023 and will expand Medicaid.
official office record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Medicaid expansion: her 2022 answer and her votes
House Bill 259 (2023): 2023 Appropriations Acthttps://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H259
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The 2023-25 state budget. Became law without the governor's signature on October 3, 2023; Session Law 2023-134.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Taxes: her 2022 answer and the 2023 budget
House Roll Call #573, HB 259, conference report (second reading)https://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/573
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of September 21, 2023 on the House Bill 259 conference report, adopted 69 to 40. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Taxes: her 2022 answer and the 2023 budget
House Roll Call #589, HB 259, conference report (third reading)https://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2023/H/589
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of September 22, 2023 on the House Bill 259 conference report, adopted 70 to 40. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Taxes: her 2022 answer and the 2023 budget
Session Law 2023-134https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2023-2024/SL2023-134.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted budget. Part XLII sets the personal income tax rate at 4.5% for 2024, 4.25% for 2025 and 3.99% after 2025, with revenue triggers down to 2.49% (Section 42.1); sets the C corporation franchise tax at $500 on the first $1 million of tax base (Section 42.6A); and repeals the state privilege tax on professionals (Section 42.7).
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Taxes: her 2022 answer and the 2023 budget
House Bill 11 (2025): No Tax on Tips, Overtime, Bonus Payhttps://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H11
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Primary sponsors Warren, Bell, Chesser and Paré; Balkcom is a cosponsor. Last action: re-referred to the Finance Committee, March 11, 2025. Read October 1, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto
House Bill 11, first edition (document)
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Allows a state income tax deduction for overtime pay, tips and up to $2,500 of bonus pay.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto
House Bill 1089 (2025): Constitutional Amendment Property Tax Levy Limithttps://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1089
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Primary sponsors Echevarria, Howard, Setzer and Paré; Balkcom is a cosponsor. Ratified May 21, 2026; Session Law 2026-5.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto
House Roll Call #661, HB 1089, second readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/661
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of May 20, 2026 on House Bill 1089, second reading, passed 73 to 46. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto
House Roll Call #662, HB 1089, third readinghttps://www.ncleg.gov/Legislation/Votes/RollCallVoteTranscript/2025/H/662
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of May 20, 2026 on House Bill 1089, third reading, passed 73 to 46. The transcript lists Balkcom among the Republican ayes.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto
Session Law 2026-5https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2025-2026/SL2026-5.html
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Puts on the November 3, 2026 ballot a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to pass laws limiting how much local property tax levies may increase.
official legislative record
For: Jennifer Capps Balkcom: Affordability: tax relief bills she signed onto
AGER FOR CONGRESS, Statement of Organization (document)
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His committee's first filing, received July 31, 2025. It names agerforcongress.com as the committee's website.
fec filing
For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
State Board Randomly Determines Ballot Order for 2026 Electionshttps://www.ncsbe.gov/news/press-releases/2025/12/19/state-board-randomly-determines-ballot-order-2026-elections
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Published Dec 19, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The drawing set 2026 ballot order by last name starting at F, in reverse alphabetical order: Balkcom, then Ager, then Groo.
official election record
For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
2026 candidate list spreadsheet (document)
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The same three names for the November contest in all 16 district counties, read October 1, 2026 (file last modified September 27). The March primary rows list Edwards and Adam R. Smith as Republicans.
official election record
For: Race desk evidence
Write-in Candidate Petitionshttps://www.ncsbe.gov/candidates/petitions/write-candidate-petitions
North Carolina State Board of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Write-in votes for this office count only for a candidate qualified by petition, and the ballot has a write-in line only if one qualifies. The Board's petition search lists a write-in petition for this seat; whether it qualified was not read. The Board's candidate lists do not include write-ins, so they cannot settle it.
official election record
For: Race desk evidence
Representative Jennifer Balkcom, introduced bills, 2025-26https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/H/820/2025
North Carolina General Assembly · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
122 bills list her as a sponsor in the 2025-26 session, 41 as a primary sponsor. Read October 1, 2026.
official legislative record
For: Race desk evidence

A quick look at the candidates

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The candidates, side by side

Background

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What the official record shows

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Background

What they say they want to do

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Background

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FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

How the field took shape

First Helene relief act passes

Her gun-crime bill becomes law in another bill

Ager registers his campaign

Ballot order drawn

Primaries

Farmland act signed

Ager files his second-quarter report

Edwards leaves the race

Republicans choose Balkcom

Balkcom registers her campaign

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