Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses possible political impacts from North Carolina’s brush with Hurricane Florence. Henderson offered these comments during the Sept. 10, 2018, edition of Spectrum News’ “Capital Tonight.”
Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson assesses Hurricane Florence’s potential political impacts
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