Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses North Carolina’s 2022 U.S. Senate race. Kokai offered these comments during the Dec. 10, 2021, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
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