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An NC Politics Roundup As The Republican Supermajority Comes To An End

WUNC News | By Frank Stasio,
Amanda Magnus
Published December 19, 2018 at 12:23 PM EST
WUNC Political Reporter Rusty Jacobs talks with Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, with NC Policy Watch, about the week's political news.
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WUNC Political Reporter Rusty Jacobs talks with Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, with NC Policy Watch, about the week's political news.

The North Carolina Republican Party is rallying behind congressional candidate Mark Harris in the 9th district despite an ongoing investigation into potential fraud that could invalidate his victory. Republicans are calling on the State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement to certify the election results unless the alleged irregularities would have changed the outcome. The state elections board will hold a hearing on the fraud allegations early next year. 

WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii joins host Frank Stasio for a North Carolina politics roundup.

Host Frank Stasio gets an update on the story from  WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii. Tiberii also shares the latest on Gov. Cooper’s threat to veto a bill passed last week that would change how elections fraud and campaign finance violations are investigated. 

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Amanda Magnus
Amanda Magnus grew up in Maryland and went to high school in Baltimore. She became interested in radio after an elective course in the NYU journalism department. She got her start at Sirius XM Satellite Radio, but she knew public radio was for her when she interned at WNYC. She later moved to Madison, where she worked at Wisconsin Public Radio for six years. In her time there, she helped create an afternoon drive news magazine show, called Central Time. She also produced several series, including one on Native American life in Wisconsin. She spends her free time running, hiking, and roller skating. She also loves scary movies.
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