• Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory splits his allegiance in the 7th congressional district Republican primary.
  • The N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation releases its 2010 primary candidate questionnaires with a focus on business issues.
  • Three-termer state Sen. Doug Berger is getting primaried this year.
  • Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, R-5th, endorsed by The Winston-Salem Journal, but the newspaper declines to endorse any Republican in the 12th congressional district primary.
  • Republican Bettie Fennell hopes to claim Sen. R.C. Soles’ seat for the GOP this fall. But now a Brunswick County judge has filed a defamation lawsuit against Fennell’s media consultant.
  • Gov. Bev Perdue and Sen. Joe Same Queen (who is waging a tough re-election battle) introduce jobs initiative in western N.C.