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Contact: Evren Odcikin, publicist, evren@kqed.org, 415.553.8451
This Week in Northern California Primary Election Special
Features Interview with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
The special airs Friday, June 1, at 7:30pm on KQED 9.
May 28, 2012, San Francisco, CA— KQED’s This Week in Northern California will dedicate its broadcast on Friday, June 1 at 7:30pm to the primary election. The special will include a field-produced segment looking at efforts by both parties to woo Asian American voters featuring interviews with Democratic U.S. Representative Mike Honda and Republican Ricky Gill, an Indian American running for Congress, and excerpts from an interview with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. The roundtable for the June 1 episode features acclaimed journalists and columnists Dan Walters (Sacramento Bee), Jerry Roberts (CalBuzz), Richard Gonzales (NPR) and Carla Marinucci (San Francisco Chronicle).
"There are few things that are more exciting to me than watching the ebbs and flows of how we choose to govern ourselves,” stated host Belva Davis. “It is an amazing process, full of surprises."
In her candid interview with host and award–winning journalist Belva Davis, Pelosi talks about the Democrats’ strategy to win back the U.S. House of Representatives and the important roleCalifornia plays in their plans. The full interview with Pelosi will be aired as part of the following broadcast on Friday, June 8, at 7:30pm.