Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses recent polls in North Carolina’s Republican U.S. Senate primary. Kokai offered these comments during the April 8, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai assesses latest polls in GOP Senate race
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