Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times – Buncombe County Commissioner and now congressional candidate Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara is off to a quick start in her bid to represent Western North Carolina, raising more than $100,000 in less than 24 hours. Her campaign announced the benchmark March 4, citing a campaign video launched with her candidacy telling “her story of continually beating the odds and defying conventional wisdom, from getting ordained as a minister, to advocating and winning victories for marriage equality across the Deep South.”