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Helms' heroes are Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill and the late Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina. His values are rooted in North Carolina's Piedmont. Monroe, whose population was 3,000 when Helms was growing up there, was profoundly conservative. Schools were segregated, and once a year flowers were placed...
Helms' father, known respectfully as "Mr. Jesse," was police chief and stood a full head above 6 ft. One Christmas he gave his son a plaque engraved with the words SON, THE LORD DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO WIN. HE JUST EXPECTS YOU TO TRY. The plaque hangs beside Helms...
Helms, one of only six Senators who do not have a college degree, dropped out of Wake Forest to become a reporter, then program director of a Raleigh radio station. Years later, his unabashedly conservative editorials for a Raleigh television station won him a statewide following and future political base...
When Helms ran for the Senate in 1972, he showed both his political savvy and his genius for raising money, pioneering direct-mail solicitations and founding a fund-raising apparatus that became one of the most formidable in the nation. In his 1984 bid for a third term, Helms spent...
Since entering politics, Helms has been dogged by allegations of racism. "This is going to be another race story, isn't it?" he asks, his face flushed. "If it is, don't ever come to this office again." He entreats interviewers to ask black Capitol Hill employees how he treats...