• Republican Rick Gunn takes another shot at unseating State Sen. Tony Foriest. Gunn lost to Foriest in 2008.
  • Incumbents from both parties aren’t very popular this year, to judge by a new Civitas poll that gives Burr and Perdue sub-40 percent approval ratings.
  • Wilmington Star-News calls for State Sen. R.C. Soles to re-sign.
  • After losing his bid for Superintendent of Public Instruction in ’08, Richard Morgan is back ? this time to challenge State Sen. Harris Blake in the Republican primary.
  • The High Point Enterprise reports that only four area legislative races are uncontested this year, compared to 10 out of 16 races two years ago.