From the Editor

Every four years the country gets to elect a president. There are important national and international issues at stake. These are big-ticket issues of war and Obamacare and the country’s economy.[media-credit name=”Charles C. Duncan Pardo” align=”alignright” width=”180″][/media-credit]

But when you go to the polls this fall, you will also get to make big decisions about who will represent you at the House of Representatives in D.C., at the North Carolina General Assembly, the Wake County Commission and from the bench at Wake County District Court. Raleigh Public Record’s mission is to report the stories that don’t get told. We focus on those races towards the bottom of the ballot because local elected leaders have a very real impact on your day-to-day life.