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Washington — Democrat Jamie Ager flipped power of North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, CBS News projected, marking the archetypal clip a Democrat has won the spot since 2010.
Ager, a fourth-generation farmer, was initially expected to look GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards, who ended his reelection bid successful aboriginal August. State Rep. Jennifer Balkcom replaced Edwards connected the ballot little than 90 days earlier the election, putting her astatine a disadvantage successful an already pugnacious governmental clime for Republicans.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted the contention from thin Republican to toss-up aft Edwards suspended his campaign. As Election Day neared, predetermination forecasters shifted the contention again to thin Democrat.
The House voted overwhelmingly to censure Edwards successful September aft the bipartisan House Ethics Committee recovered the two-term congressman engaged successful "persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct" toward 2 young women who worked for him.
Though Edwards argued the committee's findings "completely exonerate" him nether House rules, helium abandoned his reelection bid days later.
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