• The Greensboro News & Record interviews Eddie Burks, challenger to Sen. Richard Burr in the Republican primary.
  • One of U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry’s opponents, Scott Keadle, blasts the congressman for proposing a Reagan $50 bill.
  • The Elizabeth City Daily Advance outlines legislative races in northeastern North Carolina.
  • State Rep. Bruce Goforth debates Republican challenger Patsy Keever on “the Sullivan Acts, taxes, and steep slope development.”
  • U.S. Rep. Mel Watt endorses Ken Lewis in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. The winner will face Richard Burr in the fall.
  • The Fayetteville Observer points out that an unusually high number of people ? many of them former office holders ? have filed to run this year.
  • State Sen. John Snow to speak at Women’s League Luncheon March 11. Either Republicans Jimmy Goodman or Jim Davis will face Snow in the fall election.