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Special Election Analysis Plus House Republicans Pull Surprise Veto Override

WUNC | By Laura Pellicer,

Frank Stasio

Published September 11, 2019 at 1:41 PM EDT

NC legislative building — NC Legislature

Results are in for special congressional elections in North Carolina’s 3rd and 9th Districts. In the closely-watched 9th District race, Republican Dan Bishop slipped past Democrat Dan McCready with a 2-point lead.

Is his razor thin margin a cause for concern for GOP leaders? WUNC Political reporter Rusty Jacobs shares results and analysis with host Frank Stasio. Plus, Republican physician pushed through an override of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's budget veto. WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii shares the latest news from the North Carolina legislature.

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Laura Pellicer is a digital reporter with WUNC’s small but intrepid digital news team.

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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