• Republicans and Democrats kicked off the Labor Day holiday with beginning state campaigning.
  • The Rothenberg Political Report has the U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell, D-8th, vs. Republican Harold Johnson race as ?lean Dem.”
  • The GOP’s optimism is brimming as the General Election season gets underway.
  • N&O: North Carolina’s Senate seat will be well-debated.
  • DNC chairman criticizes U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-7th, and other Democrats for distancing themselves from Nancy Pelosi.
  • A Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research poll has Kissell leading Johnson by 12 percent.
  • U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-1st, and GOP opponent Ashley Woolard to debate Sunday.
  • Americans for Prosperity bus tour rolls through Kissell?s territory, and has some stern words for the first-term incumbent Democrat.
  • Cook Political Report says the U.S. Senate is in play, predicts that North Carolina’s Richard Burr will hold on despite vulnerable numbers.
  • Cook switches the U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler vs. Jeff Miller matchup in the 11th Congressional District from ?likely Dem? to ?lean Dem.”
  • Cook also predicts that Republicans will capture 40 seats, enough to gain control of the House.