Democratic congressional candidate Moe Davis suddenly quits his “kick-ass” campaign with …

Democrat Jamie Ager (left), who is running for the District 11 House seat held by Republican Chuck Edwards. Morris “Moe” Davis (right) withdrew from the Democratic primary for the race Saturday, complaining of the party’s favoritism. // Photo credits: Screenshot from Ager’s announcement video; wikimedia commons, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ In a grievance-laced midnight Facebook post, Democratic congressional candidate Moe Davis dropped out of the race Saturday, effectively positioning Fairview farmer Jamie Ager as the party’s frontrunner to take on Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards in the 2026 general election in the state’s 11th Congressional District. Davis’s decision came just hours before he, Ager and three lesser-known candidates were to address a Democratic Party fundraiser marking the unofficial kickoff to the primary campaign. The NC-11 Gala had become entangled in an intraparty feud ignited by Davis, who protested that party leaders were positioning Ager as the favorite by giving him a keynote speaking spot at the dinner.  Ager, the CEO of the historic Hickory Nut Gap Farms and a member of a politically prominent family, has previously said he was unaware of any favoritism and welcomes primary challengers. But in comments attached to his Facebook post, Davis told supporters it was futile for him
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