With all of the attention paid to the Democratic presidential fight, the gubernatorial primary, and the race for Elizabeth Dole’s current U.S. Senate seat, legislative primaries have drawn much less attention than normal this year.

The AP explores some interesting legislative primaries in this article. For a comprehensive review of North Carolina’s election picture, please consider attending John Hood’s Shaftesbury Society presentation noon Monday at the John Locke Foundation office in Raleigh.