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The Roundtable

Congressional Corner with Tim Vercellotti

By Alan Chartock
Published August 29, 2022 at 10:50 AM EDT
Tim Vercellotti
Western New England University
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Western New England University

Massachusetts voters go to the polls for primary elections September 6th.

In today’s Congressional Corner, Tim Vercellotti of the Western New England University poll and professor of political science speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

This interview was recorded August 26.

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Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.
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