Jennifer Balkcom

Republican Party (R)

U.S. Representative (District 11) · District 11, North Carolina, United States of America · 2026

PurposeBalkcom, a state legislator substituted onto the ballot after the original GOP nominee withdrew, is running for this open seat on an agriculture-focused, limited-government platform.

Agriculture/Food
Balkcom called the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program "broken" and said she wants it made reliable, simple, and affordable; she supports the bipartisan Securing Workforce Act to reform the program, favors more flexible crop-insurance rules, easier federal disaster-relief access for small farms (citing her state-house work on Hurricane Helene recovery), and cutting what she calls unnecessary regulatory burdens on farm labor and food safety while still working to open markets for farmers.

Immigration
Her support for the Securing Workforce Act — a bipartisan agricultural guest-worker reform bill — is her one stated immigration-adjacent position in the coverage reviewed.

Governance
Balkcom said at the forum that she opposes one-size-fits-all government programs, stating "I don't want government running your farms," while still supporting reasonable guardrails and accountability for bad actors.

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