1984 NC US Senate Contest: The Campaign that changed Tar Heel State Politics

In this TL:

Chapter 1:
1.) The Campaign between Hunt vs Helms

2.) Profiles on Helms & Hunt

3.) Profile on Jim Martin

4.) Profile on Harvey Gantt

Chapter 2
1.) Over in Charlotte, NC (Short summary of Thelma Williams)

2.) Friday, July 27th, 1984: Continuation of the fateful night in the outskirts of Charlotte, NC.

3.) Aftermath of the accident

4.) The Next Day: Saturday, July 28th, 1984

5.) The Aftermath

Chapter 2:
1.) Eyewitness Accounts

2.) Profile on President Reagan

3.) Conversation between Reagan & Baker

4.) Autopsy Report on Thelma & other details.

5.) Phone call between Helms & the Reagan White House.

Chapter 3:
1.) Battle for the NC Executive Mansion

2.) Profile on Martin's gubernatorial campaign.

3.) 1st Debate for United States Senator

4.) Profile on Thelma's family

5.) Profile on Hunt's US Senate campaign

6.) Profile on Helms' US Senate reelection campaign

Chapter 4:
1.) Profile on Jesse Jackson

2.) Segment on Carl Barnes Funeral Home in Houston, TX

3.) Funeral arrangements for Thelma announced.

4.) Paying respects to Thelma

5.) Homegoing celebration for Thelma

6.) 2nd Debate for NC United States Senator

Chapter 5:
1.) Fallout after Reagan chews Helms out

2.) Profile on Martin's gubernatorial campaign.

3.) Profile on Edmisten

4.) Final debate for NC United States Senator.

5.) The Trail of the 1980s

6.) Profile on the key players on the Trial of the 1980s

Chapter 6:
1.) Opening Statements on the Trail of the 1980s

2.) Profile on the Opening Statements

3.) Eyewitness Accounts & Testimony

4.) Hunt & Taylor

5.) Segment on the Helms campaign

Chapter 7:
1.) Profile on Terry Sanford

2.) Over in Greensboro

3.) Hunt Campaign HQ

4.) Raleigh PD HQ

5.) Political analysis on the Trial of the 1980s & how it'll impact the NC US Senate contest.

Chapter 8:
1.) Election Day

2.) Election Returns on the Presidential contest

3.) Returns on US Senate contests

4.) Returns on US State Governorships

5.) Election Day Coverage (divided into different segments)

6.) Projections as the returns come in

7.) More projections

8.) More projections on US Senate contests

9.) Projections on US State Governorships

10.) Projection on NC US Senate contest

11.) Returns on NC Gubernatorial contest

12.) Voting returns on NC down-ballot statewide offices

13.) Projections on NC General Assembly

14.) Highlights of other US Senate contests across the country.

15.) Election Day Coverage segments

16.) Profile on key political players

Chapter 9:
1.) Mondale concession speech

2.) Reagan victory speech

3.) Hunt victory speech as NC's next United States Senator

4.) Profile on Clinton

5.) Helms concession speech

6.) Profile on East

Chapter 10:
1.) Governor Hunt's press conference

2.) In-depth interview with Helms

3.) Profile on EWE

4.) Update on KY US Senate contest

5.) Segment on TX Governor Mark Wells White, Jr., (D)

Chapter 11:
1.) Hunt visiting the NC National Guard & military troops

2.) Segment on Daddy Marcos

3.) Governor Hunt's final Christmas Party at the NC Executive Mansion

Chapter 12:
1.) Passing the Torch: Inauguration Day (January 5th, 1985)

2.) Highlights of the Inaugural Parade

3.) Mr. Hunt goes to DC

***More chapters will be coming later in the TL, which will be very long.

Other tidbits of the TL:
Chapter 16:
1.) Eyewitness testimony 

2.) We have a verdict in the Trial in Charlotte 

3.) The fallout 

4.) Highlights of the 1986 NC US Senate campaign 

5.) Sanford vs Broyhill 

6.) Election Day 1986 

Chapter 17:
1.) The aftermath 

2.) Senator Hunt's national profile continues to skyrocket 

3.) Spring 1987: Sanford comes to Capitol Hill as the Tar Heel State's Junior United States Senator 

I should note this TL will be very long. 

Sometime this weekend: I'll be doing a segment on Gantt & his backstory.