- National Democrats put convention money in Charlotte-area minority-owned banks (Dome)
- Democratic strategist Gary Pearce writes that Republicans helped Perdue’s reelection chances with their midnight veto override vote (Talking About Politics)
- William Peace University political science professor David McLennan says that the midnight session could come back to haunt GOP lawmakers in the political arena (WRAL-TV)
- N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation: There already are more open seats in the NCGA for the 2012 election than there were in the 2010 election, mostly due to redistricting (NCFEF)
- Republicans say that a panel created by Perdue to screen judicial candidates is too laden with Democrats (N&O)
- Republican Mike Causey plans to announce his bid for the GOP nomination for state insurance commissioner in Manteo on Monday (Truth or Dare)
VIDEO: Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx released a fundraising pitch for the DNC convention in the Queen City.
