• Brent Jackson, Republican candidate for N.C. Senate-10 near Wilmington, appointed to be a “handler member” on the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
  • Republican Bettie Fennel asks the Pender County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution against illegal immigrants on community college campuses. Fennel is running in N.C. Senate-8, R.C. Sole’s district.
  • Former aide to Elizabeth Dole, Jamie Earp, is running in N.C. House-34.
  • Gaston County Republicans busy; Democrats not so much, reports the Gaston Gazette.
  • Lauren Raper, a 27-year-old history teacher, wants to replace Democrat Lorene Coates in N.C. House-77.
  • Salisbury Post says there is no relaxing for incumbents this year.