Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the latest debate over North Carolina’s congressional election map. Kokai offered these comments during the Oct. 20, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai discusses new NC congressional election maps
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