• The Republican field for U.S. Senate grew more crowded Tuesday, as Dr. Edward Kryn, a retired physician who was born in Canada and now lives in Clayton, entered the race to challenge incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan.
• Citing student safety concerns, the Rockingham County Board of Elections voted to remove polling places from schools and relocate them to other sites.
• At Real Clear Politics, poll watcher Sean Trende suggests how President Obama’s approval rating could affect Senate races across the country. (Hint: Unless the president bounces back in N.C., Kay Hagan faces some obstacles.)
• Veteran media critic Howard Kurtz, now with Fox News, takes issue with a new theory saying a candidate’s Facebook traffic can predict election results. The model has Hagan defeating Thom Tillis in the general election.
