SETH EFFRON: How Basnight ushered in new era of legislative clout :: WRAL.com
Posted December 30, 2020 5:00 a.m. EST EDITORS NOTE: This column is by Seth Effron, opinion editor for Capitol Broadcasting Company. Hes reported on North Carolina government and politics since 1985. To the degree that Republican Sen. Phil Berger has emerged as a very influential and powerful public officeholder in North Carolina, he has Democrat Marc Basnight who died Monday, to thank. Basnight -- the largely self-educated rural legislator with the "high-tider" accent ...
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