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2026 Midterm Primary Election Special: NC races and candidates to watch, featuring reporters across the state
Description
From Cherokee to Currituck and across 100 counties and more than 550 miles, it’s primary season in North Carolina.
Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii talks to journalists in Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem about the open U.S. Senate seat, Congressional contests that could answer questions about party fissures, and local elections that will shape education.
This statewide NC primary election special is a co-production of public radio stations WUNC News in Durham, Blue Ridge Public Radio in Asheville, WFAE in Charlotte, WFDD in Winston-Salem, and WHQR in Wilmington.
Featuring:
Chris Cooper, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs and Director of the Haire Institute for Public Policy at Western Carolina University, author of 'Anatomy of a Purple State'
Felicia Sonmez, Growth and Development Reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio
Gerard Albert III, Western North Carolina Rural Communities Reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio
Amy Diaz, education reporter, WFDD
Rachel Keith, reporter and host, WHQR
Steve Harrison, politics reporter, WFAE
Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief, WUNC
Adam Wagner, reporter and editor, NC Newsroom