Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 11/6/19


Former state Sen. Tom Apodaca might have filled a coming vacancy on the UNC System's Board of Governors, but he took himself out of the running, he said this week. "I don't think lobbyists should be on the Board of Governors," he said. Apodaca, a Henderson Republican and a key part of Senate leadership before he left the chamber in 2016, started his own lobbying firm shortly after he left the General Assembly. He and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger spoke about the Board of Governors within the last few days.

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