Latest dispatches from the campaign trail, May 17, 2012

• Pat McCrory and Walter Dalton trade jabs over the number of debates they’ll hold during the fall campaign.

• ALIPAC, a group favoring additional limits on immigration, says it will not endorse in the 7th Congressional District race between Mike McIntyre and David Rouzer.

• Democrats in the 11th Congressional District see an opportunity to boost Hayden Rogers as Republicans Mark Meadows and Vance Patterson face a runoff.

• A proposal to cut the pay of Buncombe County commissioners could play a role in the fall campaign.