2026 Midterm Primary Election Special: NC races and candidates to watch, featuring reporters across the state
From Cherokee to Currituck and across 100 counties and more than 550 miles, it’s primary season in North Carolina.
Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii talks to journalists in Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem about the open U.S. Senate seat, Congressional contests that could answer questions about party fissures, and local elections that will shape education.
This statewide NC primary election special is a co-production of public radio stations WUNC News in Durham, Blue Ridge Public Radio in Asheville, WFAE in Charlotte, WFDD in Winston-Salem, and WHQR in Wilmington…
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