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The Week of Debates in North Carolina

WUNC | By Hady Mawajdeh,
Frank Stasio
Published October 7, 2014 at 12:38 PM EDT

  The battle for the state’s 2nd congressional district is heating up and for the first time, Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers and Democratic challenger Clay Aiken faced off in a debate yesterday.

  

They discussed the Islamic State, the Affordable Care Act and immigration. Host Frank Stasio recaps the debate and looks ahead to upcoming debates in the US Senate race between Democratic Senator Kay Hagan and Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis with WUNC Capital bureau chief Jessica Jones.
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Politics Clay AikenRenee Ellmers2nd Congressional DistrictBCBS North CarolinaThe State of Things
Hady Mawajdeh
Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.
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Frank Stasio
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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