Chuck Edwards Quits NC-11 Re-election Race 12 Weeks Before Voting as GOP Hunts Replacement
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 5
Chuck Edwards Quits NC-11 Re-election Race 12 Weeks Before Voting as GOP Hunts Replacement
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 5
Summary
Chuck Edwards dropped out at 3:32 a.m. Wednesday, abruptly leaving Republicans without a nominee in North Carolina’s 11th District just over 12 weeks before Election Day.
The exit followed a House Ethics Committee account of troubling conduct toward two young female aides, which sent his campaign into a tailspin after local party officials had been told Monday it was still moving ahead.
Next Monday, the district’s Republican executive committee will meet to choose a replacement, but party members say no clear front-runner has emerged among possible state-lawmaker candidates.
Jamie Ager, the Democratic nominee, had already made the western North Carolina seat more competitive in a region long considered safely Republican but trending left in recent elections.