• Behind in the polls, Eric Mansfield launches a TV ad campaign in his bid for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor (Dome)
  • Pat McCrory boasts a big fundraising lead in North Carolina (WRAL-TV)
  • GOP’ers view secretary of state’s office as a diplomatic one (N&O)
  • House Majority Leader Paul “Skip” Stam, R-Wake, releases a statement in defense of the marriage amendment (Mountain Xpress)
  • McCrory gets a helping hand from Jeb Bush (WTVD-TV)
  • Quiet Republican campaign for lieutenant governor revs up (Winston-Salem Journal)
  • Obama, Dalton, Coleman, and marriage amendment leading (Dome)