• GOP rallies in House Speaker Joe Hackney’s backyard. Republican Cathy Wright is challenging Hackey in the fall election.
  • Political consultant John Davis has some advice for Republicans hoping to re-take the legislature this year.
  • N.C. GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer lays out an “ambitious plan” in Nash County, The Rocky Mount Telegram reports.
  • Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, Mike Beitler, gets kudos from Americans for Prosperity for signing a no climate tax pledge.
  • State Sen. Joe Sam Queen, running for re-election out West, boasts about creating green jobs.
  • The Mountain Times forecasts a tough row to hoe for mountain-area incumbents this year.