From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 681: North Carolina voters head back to the polls in the next week. They’ll make decisions in congressional primaries and narrow the field of candidates for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court. Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson assesses the key elections on the June 7 ballot.
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