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Ronnie Chatterji Says He’s The Nerd North Carolina Voters Need

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Stacia Brown
Published September 22, 2020 at 12:06 PM EDT
Ronnie Chatterji
Ronnie Chatterji
Ronnie Chatterji
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Ronnie Chatterji

Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji is a first-time political candidate, running as a Democrat for the position of North Carolina Treasurer. He knows it is a challenge, facing off against an incumbent. And he knows a win would be unprecedented: If elected, he would become the first Indian American elected to statewide office in North Carolina. 

Host Frank Stasio talks Medicaid expansion, pension budgeting and corporate responsibility with democratic candidate for North Carolina Treasurer Ronnie Chatterji.

But Chatterji intends to lean into the facets of his life, his career in education and economics and his ethnic identity that set him apart as a candidate. Host Frank Stasio talks to Chatterji about his run for the office of state treasurer and how his platform sets him apart.

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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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Stacia Brown
Stacia Brown comes to WUNC from Washington, DC, where she was a producer for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A. She’s the creator and host of two podcasts, The Rise of Charm City and Hope Chest. Her audio projects have been featured on Scene on Radio, a podcast of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University; BBC 4’s Short Cuts; and American Public Radio’s Terrible, Thanks for Asking.
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