Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Biographical Info of Pope McCorkle
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Pope “Mac” McCorkle has served as an issues consultant to political
candidates, state governments, and various organizations for the last
two decades. Since starting McCorkle Policy Consulting in 1994, he has
worked for state and federal
candidates in North Carolina as well as 28 other states.
McCorkle has published a number of articles on politics and public policy in academic journals and such magazines as
Columbia Journalism Review, Commonweal,
and
Society. He graduated from Princeton
magna cum laude
in history (1977) and Duke Law School with honors (1984), clerked on
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1984-85), and
practiced law for a number of years in Raleigh with the firm founded by
former Duke President Terry Sanford.