Issues

Mountain values. Practical results.

Jennifer’s platform is drawn from her public record and the priorities she has named since becoming the Republican candidate for NC-11.

Jennifer Balkcom in an orchard

Hurricane Helene recovery

Western North Carolina is still rebuilding. Jennifer helped open a local aid warehouse, served as vice chair of the House Helene Recovery committee, and co-sponsored disaster legislation that became state law. In Congress she will push until mountain communities have the infrastructure, housing, and federal follow-through they were promised.

Agriculture and farmland

She grew up on a Henderson County farm and has made farmland protection a core issue since her first campaign. In Raleigh she backed measures to stop banks from punishing producers over emissions and introduced a ban on adversarial foreign governments buying or leasing North Carolina agricultural land.

Cost of living

Working families should not have to fight Washington to afford groceries, housing, and energy. Jennifer will work to cut taxes and regulation, unleash American energy, and stop federal policies that inflate prices.

Public safety and the border

Jennifer backs law enforcement and has said criminal illegal immigrants should serve their sentences and then be deported. A secure border is part of keeping Western North Carolina communities safe.

Women and girls

As primary sponsor of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, Jennifer fought to keep men’s categories out of women’s competition. She will take that same stand in Congress.

Parents, schools, and life

She supported the Parents’ Bill of Rights, school choice, and parents’ authority over their children’s education and medical decisions. She is pro-life and believes government exists to protect innocent human life, not to replace parents.

Veterans and rural health

Jennifer helped secure state funding for veterans housing in Asheville and has named rural health care as a campaign priority.

Constitution and the Second Amendment

She will defend the Second Amendment, honest elections, and a federal government that stays inside its constitutional lane — including support for congressional term limits.

Early Voting begins October 15 · Election Day is November 3, 2026

This race is too important to sit out.

Help send a Henderson County farm girl — and a proven conservative — to Congress for Western North Carolina.