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SANFORD, NC - NOVEMBER 4: Clay Aiken, Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in North Carolina's Second District, gives his concession speech during his election night party at Cafe 121 on November 4, 2014 in Sanford, North Carolina. Aiken, a former 'American Idol' contestant, ran for political office for the first time. (Photo by Jeffrey A. Camarati/Getty Images)

Clay Aiken Running For Congress (Again), Clearly Needs Infectiously Terrible Campaign Jingle

By Taylor Salan

That’s right, American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken is (once again) running for congress. Aiken, a staunch Democrat, placed second in the 2003 season of American Idol before placing second in his 2014 bid for a Republican-leaning North Carolina congressional district. The singer announced his campaign via a new website, running in a newly redrawn district that leans blue. The news comes after Representative David…

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