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Queen, Clampitt Race In WNC Marks Fifth Face-Off In A Decade

WUNC | By Stacia Brown,
Frank Stasio
Published October 9, 2020 at 12:09 PM EDT
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In November's election, Rep. Joe Sam Queen (left) will face off against challenger Mike Clampitt (right) for the fifth time in District 119.
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One of the most competitive local races in the state is in District 119, which includes Jackson, Swain and Haywood Counties. Democratic Rep. Joe Sam Queen and his Republican challenger Mike Clampitt have vied for the same seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives since 2012. This is their fifth race against one another and its outcome will take Western North Carolina’s political temperature this election season. 

On Sept. 24, Blue Ridge Public Radio reporter Lilly Knoepp co-moderated a virtual town hall in which both candidates spoke on a number of issues including Medicaid expansion, defunding the police and medical marijuana legalization. Knoepp joins host Frank Stasio to discuss the race.

PoliticsThe State of ThingsLilly KnoeppBlue Ridge Public RadioDisctrict 119Joe Sam QueenMike ClampittNC House Of RepresentativesWestern North Carolina
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Stacia Brown
Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.
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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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