Senator Vickie Sawyer shares her journey growing up in a trailer with a mother and father struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues to her service in the North Carolina Senate fighting for those who need a voice.  

The Iredell County Republican also shares what it was like to face one of the most powerful North Carolina politicians in a 2018 primary, which against all odds she prevailed.  

In this 20th edition of the podcast, Brian and Skye also walk listeners through a midnight session vote on the House's energy bill, the Senate's criminal justice bill in a House judiciary committee, and they preview an upcoming Senate committee hearing on the medicinal marijuana bill.  

The Do Politics Better podcast is sponsored by New Frame and the NC Travel Industry Association.