Elections · U.S. House · North Carolina
2026 North Carolina House race,
Jennifer Balkcom (Republican), Jamie Ager (Democrat) and Travis Groo (Libertarian) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in North Carolina District 11, as recorded September 21, 2026.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Travis Groo (Libertarian).
Official candidate list: North Carolina State Board of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Chuck Edwards
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2023 · Age 66
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in North Carolina
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 25 days before, or same-day during the early-voting period in person.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 76,084 votes
- Jamie Ager Won: 64.7% 49,193
- Richard Hudspeth: 15.9% 12,063
- Zelda Briarwood: 13.0% 9,893
- Paul Maddox: 5.1% 3,857
- Lee Whipple: 1.4% 1,078
The primary · 68,184 votes
- Chuck Edwards Won: 70.1% 47,795
- Adam Smith: 29.9% 20,389
Chuck Edwards won this primary, then withdrew on August 10, 2026. The district's Republican executive committee named Jennifer Balkcom the nominee for November.
Primary results as recorded August 15, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections official primary results data. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $4.4M
- Outside money
- $11M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $766K of the race's $11M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
- Small donors
- 18%$556K
- Large donors
- 74%$2.2M
- PACs
- 7%$223K
- Party
- <1%$8.2K
- Other
- <1%$21K
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Also filed for this seat
11 filedNot on the November ballot
- Chuck EdwardsRepublican$1M
- Zelda BriarwoodDemocrat$39K
- Morris DavisDemocrat$111K
- Christopher HarjesDemocrat$74K
- Richard HudspethDemocrat$217K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
Ballot status not confirmed
None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.
Filed with the FEC for this seat. No source on record says whether they qualified for the November ballot: independent and minor-party candidates qualify through the state, often by petition, and the FEC does not track whether they did.
How this seat voted last time
R+14 in 2024
- Chuck Edwards Won: 56.8%
- Caleb Rudow: 43.2%
432,523 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
The district
Census context- People
- 758K
- Median household income
- $66K
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
- Living below the poverty line
- 12.6%
- Without health insurance
- 11.9%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between March 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.