Former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is making a second bid for Congress in his home state of North Carolina. Aiken will run as a Democrat in the 6th Congressional District after previously ...

Aiken will run as a Democrat for North Carolina's sixth congressional district. Aiken appeared on the second season of reality TV singing competition in 2003, where he finished in second place.

Clay AIken has announced that he is running for Congress as a Democrat in the state of North Carolina. He'll compete in the May primary.

Clay Aiken, Democratic candidate for U.S. representative of North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District, gives his concession speech in Sanford, N.C. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 after losing to ...

“North Carolina is the place that I discovered first that I have a voice and that it was a voice that could be used for more than singing .” 4 Clay Aiken wants some politicians to get out.

Clay Aiken, widely known for his stint on “American Idol,” announced Monday that he’s launching another bid for Congress in North Carolina.

But I got probably 70 percent of my votes on the show from North Carolina," Aiken told The New York Times in 2014. "So these folks who I'm trying to represent put me here." ...

Topline. Former American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken launched a run for Congress in North Carolina Monday, marking the second time the singer has run for Congress after previously losing a general ...

Clay Aiken has taken the first official step toward a career in D.C. politics. On Thursday, the “American Idol” alum officially filed to run for congress representing North Carolina by ...