The Races For NC’s Highest Court

By Hady Mawajdeh,

Published September 23, 2014 at 12:14 PM EDT

The Supreme Court elections are coming and things are getting interesting (gavel on tabletop).

The North Carolina Supreme Court is supposed to be above hyper-partisan politics, but what happens when groups from outside the state become the biggest donors?

Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC capital reporter Jorge Valencia about the races for North Carolina’s Supreme Court seats.

This was the controversial ad paid for by Justice For All NC during Primaries. All candidates say they would like to avoid these sorts of ads.

For a 2014 General Election Judicial Election Guide click here.

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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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