• In a heated press conference, Tim D?Annunzio calls on GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer to resign.
  • Democrat Dewey Hudson leads Republican opponent Brent Jackson in Senate District 10 race, where Dem incumbent Charlie Albertson is retiring, according to a Civitas poll.
  • Richard Burr?s war chest grows as Cal Cunningham, Elaine Marshall pour money into defeating each other.
  • District attorney asks that state Sen. R.C. Soles? bill be changed to avoid a conflict of interest. Soles, a Tabor City Democrat, is retiring this year.
  • 2008 GOP gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory launches a political action committee, possibly in anticipation of a run for governor in ’12.