North Carolina GOP Selects Jennifer Balkcom as Nominee

North Carolina Republicans selected state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom to replace Chuck Edwards as their nominee for the November race against Democrat Jamie Ager.

Left-leaning outlets portray the selection as a potentially weak Republican choice, stressing Ager’s competitiveness; center outlets focus on the candidate change and often add the ethics context for Edwards’s withdrawal; right-leaning outlets emphasize Balkcom’s nomination and the contest, with some giving more attention to her priorities and Republican critiques of Ager.