- Former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth backs Tony Gurley in the race for lieutenant governor and Richard Hudson in the 8th Congressional District (Dome)
- A Raleigh television station fact checks Bill Faison’s first television ad of the campaign season (NBC-17)
- A third party, Americans Elect, is nearly on the ballot in North Carolina (Charlotte Observer)
- Mecklenburg County Commissioners Chair Harold Cogdell says he won’t run in the 9th Congressional District, and he changes his registration from Democrat to unaffiliated (Charlotte Observer)
- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius tells gay activist group that winning N.C. for Obama is crucial (Dome)
- A local Tea Party leader, Fremont Brown, is challenging Republican Sen. Tom Apodaca in the Senate District 48 GOP primary (Citizen-Times)
- U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, Democrat of the 7th Congressional District, files for re-election (Star-News)
VIDEO: N.C. Sen. Eric Mansfield, a Democrat from Fayetteville, announces his bid for lieutenant governor.
