Latest dispatches from the campaign trail

• Bill Clinton stumps for incumbent Democrat Heath Shuler in the 11th Congressional District.

• Cumberland County is key to North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District.

• Republican Louis Pate is now leading Democratic incumbent Don Davis in state Senate District 5, according to a GOP-aligned polling firm.

• The Fayetteville Observer reports on the Etheridge-Ellmers race in the 2nd Congressional District.

• Fayetteville-area candidates participate in a forum.

• Richard Burr, Elaine Marshall meet once more ? tonight ? for a debate.

• Potshots turn nasty in N.C. legislative races.

In a television spot, Kissell challenges voters to “take our country back.”

Not so fast, says Harold Johnson.