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BPR News Presents: #NC11 Congressional Candidate Forum

BPR News | By Matt Bush
Published September 17, 2020 at 1:10 PM EDT
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On Sept. 5th Madison Cawthorn (far left) and Moe Davis (center) faced each other on Western Carolina University's Cullowhee campus with Cory Vaillancourt (right) moderating

On September 4th and 5th Blue Ridge Public Radio in partnership with Smoky Mountain News and Mountain Xpress held two forums with the major party candidates for the currently vacant seat in North Carolina's 11th Congressional district.  Republican Madison Cawthorn and Democrat Moe Davis faced each other at Western Carolina University's Biltmore Park campus, and then again at the school's main campus in Cullowhee.  Cory Vaillancourt of Smoky Mountain News and BPR moderated.  Below is a condensed one-hour program the features portions of both forums.  You can watch the full forums anytime on the BPR Facebook page.  

(The BPR News Presents theme song is The Vibes by Audiobinger)  
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Local News Mountain XpressSmoky Mountain News2020 Electionnorth carolina 11th congressional districtmadison cawthornnc11BPR News Presents#nc11BPR Elections Coverage
Matt Bush
Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.
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