Big pork pumps tens of thousands of dollars into North Carolina political campaigns.
Some key officeholders are hog producers themselves.
During the N.C. State - Maryland basketball game at Reynolds Coliseum on Jan. 22, Gov. Jim Hunt, left, talks with longtime friend Wendell Murphy. Murphy, a former legislator, owns the nation's biggest hog operation. Crucial decisions on several hog-related issues are forthcoming. Pork PAC helps its friends. Candidates get money from hog industry.