Labor Day Conversation with Labor Commish Luke Farley

Do Politics Better Podcast · Sep 3, 2026 · 47m

NC Labor Commissioner Luke Farley looks back on a remarkable two years in statewide politics, from his victorious primary upset to his decisive win in the general election and his transition from candidate to North Carolina’s Labor Commissioner.

The first term Republican talks about what it took to pull off the primary upset, how he turned that momentum into a big victory in November, and what he has learned since taking office.

But perhaps most interesting is what has happened since the election: Farley has earned praise, and even adulation, from some of the very people who opposed him. We…