USSenate2014election

• WRAL News notes that incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan has begun taking a much more aggressive approach in her public statements about GOP rival Thom Tillis.

• Left-leaning Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent laments the low priority global warming is likely to have in the fall campaign, while acknowledging that vulnerable Democrats like Hagan will have to dance around tough new regulations on carbon emissions from President Obama.

• Phil Berger Jr. and Mark Walker, Republican candidates for the 6th Congressional District, keep adding endorsements for their July 15 runoff.

• The NC FreeEnterprise Foundation lists the General Assembly general election races worth watching, with a final assessment coming today.