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Tony Rand, longtime N.C. senator, power broker, dies at 80

by Associated Press
| May 2, 2020 12:03 AM

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Democratic state Sen. Tony Rand, a longtime power broker in North Carolina state politics whose legislative acumen helped elevate careers of politicians from both parties, died Friday at age 80.

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