The high-profile election pitting incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan against Republican challenger Thom Tillis continues to attract national attention. The Wall Street Journal interviewed John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops about Hagan supporters’ misstatements in the campaign about state education spending, while Newsweek interviewed JLF Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray about North Carolina elections.

Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington offered more details about questionable taxpayer-funded projects involving Hagan family businesses, while Managing Editor Rick Henderson added editorial insight. CJ‘s work attracted attention from the Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart.com, Americans for Prosperity, NCPoliticalNews.com (twice), blogs such as Free North Carolina and Battle Swarm, and N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email. Carrington discussed the latest developments in his investigation with Pete Kaliner on WWNC Radio.

Gray touches on electoral topics during her twice-weekly politics and public policy updates for WTSB radio listeners.Henderson discusses the latest electoral news this afternoon with Bill LuMaye on Talk Radio WPTF, and he’ll recap key election issues this weekend with Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez on Curtis Media Group’s “People In Politics.” Director of Communications Mitch Kokai discussed the upcoming election with Curtis Wright on WMYT Radio. 

An Elizabeth City Daily Advance column and NCPoliticalNews.com both took note of CJ Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s article on concerns surrounding potential NAACP political maneuvers tied to this year’s election rules. NCPoliticalNews.com also promoted contributor Leslee Kulba‘s story on the N.C. House District 2 contest and contributor Evelyn Howell‘s profile of the N.C. House District 115 election. The Senate GOP highlighted Howell’s article in its daily press email, along with Kulba’s article on the N.C. House District 41 race.