- The Associated Press reports on the 2010 cycle, the biggest election fight for Tar Heel Republicans and Democrats in a decade.
- U.S. Sen. Richard Burr has $6.3 million in his campaign kitty; Democrat Elaine Marshall has $163,195 in hers.
- Thirteenth Congressional District GOP candidate Bill Randall holds a town hall meeting in Rockingham County.
- U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell, D-8th, leads his Republican foe Harold Johnson in cash-on-hand, although Johnson out-raised him in the second quarter.
- The Republican Party contest early voting sites in Cumberland County, arguing that there should only be one, not four.
- Rasmussen Reports survey says that only 23 percent of American voters believe the federal government has the consent of the governed.
- U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-11th, has a huge fundraising advantage over his Republican opponent Jeff Miller.
- The Democratic-aligned firm Public Policy Polling has a 43-43 percent tie on a nationwide generic congressional ballot, despite Obama?s poor numbers.
by Locker Room contributor