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This Week In NC Politics: Progressive Candidates Fare Well In Local Elections

WUNCPolitics Podcast: April 29, 2016
WUNC
WUNCPolitics Podcast: April 29, 2016
WUNCPolitics Podcast: April 29, 2016
WUNC
WUNCPolitics Podcast: April 29, 2016

Democrats had their best night in a while on Tuesday, as an anti-Trump message helped the party pick-up two governorship, and end super-majorities in Virginia and Georgia.

There were no statewide races in North Carolina, however, progressive candidates fared well in Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Fayetteville, and Charlotte.

On this week's review of the political scene Becki Gray and Rob Schofield review the election results, and weigh-in on whether litigation is a viable tool toward helping in the opioid epidemic.On this week's review of the political scene Becki Gray and Rob Schofield review the election results, and weigh-in on whether litigation is a viable tool toward helping in the opioid epidemic.

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Jeff Tiberii first started posing questions to strangers after dinner at La Cantina Italiana, in Massachusetts, when he was two-years-old. Jeff grew up in Wayland, Ma., an avid fan of the Boston Celtics, and took summer vacations to Acadia National Park (ME) with his family. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and moved to North Carolina in 2006. His experience with NPR member stations WAER (Syracuse), WFDD (Winston-Salem) and now WUNC, dates back 15 years.
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