• In the 7th Congressional District, Republican Ilario Pantano and Democratic incumbent Mike McIntyre to debate three times through August and September.
  • Meanwhile, in the neighboring 8th, Harold Johnson is getting cash from GOP leaders while Tim D?Annunzio reaches deeper into his pocket to continue funding his campaign.
  • After a costly drive to put him on the ballot as a third party candidate, former Larry Kissell staffer Wendell Fant is undecided on whether he?ll run to depose his one-time boss.
  • In an interview with the Associated Press, Fant admits that he made mistakes on the job but says he feels betrayed by Kissell?s ethics complaint against him.
  • The Winston-Salem Journal calls the slugging outside 12th Congressional District Rep. Mel Watt?s district office ?unacceptable violence.”
  • Campaign donations emerge as an issue in Elaine Marshall, Cal Cunningham debate.
  • Elaine Marshall joins other female Democrats in Gastonia to discuss women in politics.