Abstract:
Spotlighted was the election of a senator renowned during his tenure in Washington DC: Jesse Helms. Included were his conservative stance’s influences, personal and professional, formative and recent. Appended was his pre-Senate stint in the Capital Broadcasting Company, which operated WRAL. Featured were glimpses of his family life, which includes a son Helms was inspired to adopt from reading a newspaper story containing a quote from the then nine year old.