WATCH ENTIRE SECOND EPISODE

SECOND TERM ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In 1984, during Jim Hunt's second gubernatorial term, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a $255 million economic package supporting the state's education system.  In this interview segment, the former governor describes this specific accomplishment, as well as what it was like working with the General Assembly in the midst of his U.S. Senate campaign against incumbant Jesse Helms.

ISSUES FROM THE SENATE CAMPAIGN
Democrat Jim Hunt served an unprecedented four terms as North Carolina's governor from 1977-1985 and 1993-2001. In 1984, Hunt lost a contested race for the U.S. Senate seat held by Jesse Helms. While 1983 polls showed Helms trailing Hunt by almost 20%, Helms won a four-percentage-point victory over Hunt on the coattails of Republican President Ronald Reagan’s landslide 1984 reelection in which Reagan received 62% of the North Carolina vote. To that point, the 1984 Helms-Hunt race was the most expensive non-presidential race the country had ever seen, with combined spending exceeding $25 million. In this interview excerpt, Hunt remembers his role in what is considered by many to be the state's most devisive political race.

ON MAGGIE VELMA BARFIELD
In September 1984, Gov. Jim Hunt heard the clemency appeal of Margie Velma Barfield.  Barfield was a 51-year old woman who received a death sentence for fatally-poisoning a friend.  Barfield would go on to be the first woman executed in North Carolina in 22 years.  Hunt shares his considerations in the Barfield decision and how, as governor, he reviewed death penalty cases generally.

GOVERNOR JIM MARTIN
In 1984, Republican Jim Martin was elected as North Carolina's governor. In this interview segment, Hunt reflects on his successor and his thoughts on Martin's victory over Democratic candidate Rufus Edmisten.

COMMITTEE OF 50
In 1985, Jim Hunt co-chaired the Committee of Fifty, which led to the creation of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.  In this interview segment, Hunt describes his work with the Committee of Fifty.

ANOTHER SENATE RUN?
In September of 1985, Jim Hunt announced that he would not seek election to the U.S. Senate. In this interview clip, Hunt reflects on this important decision.

THE FIRST GULF WAR
In 1991, the nation was engaged in the first Gulf War. In this interview segment, Jim Hunt expresses his opinions on the war, Saddam Hussein, and Iraq.

ON BILL CLINTON
In 1992, another Southern Democratic governor, Bill Clinton, ran for the U.S. Presidency.  In this segment, Jim Hunt describes his relationship with the man who would become the nation's leader.

WINNING THE 1992 CAMPAIGN
In 1992, Jim Hunt was reelected to North Carolina's highest office. In this interview, Hunt explains how this victory helped heal the wounds from his contested 1984 U.S. Senate campaign defeat.