• Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, the Democratic nominee for governor, took 23 flights on state aircraft, his travel records show. All the flights were reported as official business.

 

• During a visit to Charlotte, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson sat down with the News & Observer for an interview.

 

• Democratic State Treasurer Janet Cowell has asked Nike to disclose any political contributions made by the company more fully. The state retirement system owns 600,000 shares of Nike. She also has started the process of divesting the pension fund from investments in companies doing business with Iran.

 

• Money should flow to the 11th Congressional District, where both Democrat Hayden Rogers and Republican Mark Meadows have received top-tier fundraising designations from their parties for the November election.

 

• A new ad from the Romney campaign responds to President Obama’s “You didn’t build that” remark about business owners.

 

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