Clay Aiken is taking his second shot at a congressional seat, the previous "American Idol" star introduced Monday. Aiken will run as a Democrat for North Carolina's sixth congressional district. Aiken appeared on the second season of actuality TV singing competitors in 2003, the place he completed in second place. Following his run on "American Idol," Aiken launched a number of albums and took half in a number of internet hosting gigs, together with a job on the Broadway musical "Spamalot" and a second place end on the fifth season of "Celeb Apprentice," earlier than transitioning to activism and politics. "Lately my life appears loads like yours than Justin Bieber's," Aiken mentioned asserting the information Monday. "However one factor that has by no means modified for me is how a lot I like my house state. North Carolina is the place the place I first found that I had a voice, and it was a voice that could possibly be used for greater than singing." This will probably be Aiken's second try to win a North Carolina congressional seat. He introduced his first bid for Congress in 2014 when he gained the Democratic main however failed to win the final election towards Republican incumbent Rep. Renee Ellmers. Aiken mentioned he's working on progressive insurance policies of political civility, together with points like earnings equality, well being care and local weather change. "We, as levelheaded, open minded and compassionate Democrats, now we have at all times been the social gathering of All People," Aiken added Monday. "We've got at all times been the massive tent and we have to proceed to be that, as a result of from stopping local weather change and systemic racism and earnings inequality and gun violence to securing voting rights and free healthcare and a lady's proper to decide on, we're those who're gonna clear up the nation's largest issues."
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