‘American Idol’ Star Clay Aiken Running For Congress In North Carolina

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After losing a general election in the state of North Carolina in the fall of 2014, Clay Aiken decided to run for Congress again.

On November 16, 2018, Clay Aiken was in New York City.

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His campaign website says that he is a strong Democrat who wants to give a voice to those who want to bring sanity and civility back to the political conversation.

Climate change, gun violence, voting rights, abortion and healthcare are some of the progressive policies that the website said Aiken is in favor of.

The 6th congressional district in North Carolina is rated a "solidly Democratic" seat by FiveThirtyEight after incumbent Rep. David E. Price announced he would not run for reelection.

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In a video announcing his candidacy, he said that Democrats need to get better at speaking up and using their voices. If the loudest voices think they will speak for us, just tell them I'm warming up the old vocal cords.

Surprising fact.

He said in his video that if elected, he would be the first openly gay congressman from the South.

What to watch for.

CBS 17 reports that there are at least ten other candidates in the crowded Democratic primary.

The key background.

When he came in second place in the second season of American idol, he became a music star. The celebrity lost the general election in the 2nd congressional district in North Carolina to a Republican incumbent despite winning the Democratic primary. His run was filmed for a show. After his run for office in 2014, he said he was open to running again.

In addition to that, he finished as the runner-up on Celebrity Apprentice, a show hosted by Donald Trump. After the Unite the Right rally in Virginia, where Trump was accused of being racist, the then-president apologized for defending him, saying that he was a dumb-ass.

Clay comes in second again.

I think it'll happen, says Clay Aiken on a second run for office.

During the Runner-Up Panel, Clay Aiken said that he was interested in political future.