Republican Shift in South Reflects Fiscal Concerns

NPR | By Steve Inskeep

Published December 29, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Host Steve Inskeep talks with Alan Erenhalt, editor of Governing magazine about the Republican gubernatorial win in Georgia, and how it reflects the shift in citizen policy concerns during a time of fiscal trouble facing state governments nationwide.

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