Republicans in North Carolina have chosen a new nominee to run in a competitive House district after the incumbent, Rep. Chuck Edwards, said he was dropping his reelection bid following an ethics report detailing his conduct toward two young female staffers. State lawmaker Jennifer Balkcom will face Democrat Jamie Ager, a fifth-generation farmer, in November, a panel of western North Carolina Republicans announced Monday night. Lawyers for the congressman called the committee’s decision “expeditious and unfounded” and said the recommendation to censure him was “extraordinarily harsh.” The North Carolina Republican Party’s executive committee for the 11th District met Monday night to select a new nominee in accordance with state law. The post North Carolina Republicans pick replacement for embattled Rep. Chuck Edwards appeared first on Washington Post.