Battle over ‘base map’ lends credence to GOP redistricting complaints
Democrats reject the product of a "truly impartial redistricting process" as they seek to boost their chances of winning in…
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Mitch Kokai is senior political analyst for the John Locke Foundation. He joined JLF in December 2005 as director of communications. That followed more than four years as chief state government reporter for News 14 Carolina, now known as Spectrum News. The job included extensive coverage of the General Assembly for the 24-hour local regional television news channel.
Before News 14 Carolina, Kokai worked as a radio news reporter for seven years. He started a radio news department at WENC-AM in Whiteville, then led Chapel Hill’s award-winning radio news team at WCHL-AM. He spent two-and-one-half years as news director and assignment editor for Raleigh’s WPTF-AM.
Mitch is a Columbus, Ohio, native, and a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate. He has lived in North Carolina since 1989.
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JLF’s John Hood assesses reactions to N.C. budget impasse
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood answers host Tom Campbell’s question about reaction to North Carolina’s ongoing budget impasse. This…
Forthcoming decisions could help voters in 2020 N.C. Supreme Court races
The state's highest court could rule in the months ahead in cases linked to elections, immigration, and First Amendment rights.
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses Elizabeth Warren’s N.C. campaign stop
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Outsider highlights key concern about pace of N.C. hurricane relief
An Alabama congressman was the only voice in a recent hearing questioning North Carolina's use of federal disaster relief dollars.
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses declining support for free-speech rights
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses new poll results that show public interest in rewriting the U.S.