Southern Sweep Portends Long Race So in the aftermath of Rick Santorum’s sweep of the primary election battles in the South, are we any closer to picking a Republican Party presidential nominee? Well, in one sense no, but in another, yes. Santorum has got something Mitt Romney, the supposed front-runner, would love to have—solid support […]
After a stint in the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Jim joined VOA in 1983 as a reporter and anchor on English broadcasts to Africa. He served as East Africa correspondent, then covered Congress in the early 1990’s. Since 1995, Jim has served as VOA national correspondent responsible for coverage of U.S. politics, elections, the Supreme Court and Justice Department. Jim has been involved in VOA’s election coverage since the 1984 presidential campaign and has co-anchored live VOA broadcasts of numerous national political conventions, candidate debates and election night coverage.
