• Former state Sen. Larry Shaw, D-Cumberland, will seek a recount after initial vote counts in the District 21 primary showed him losing to Cumberland County Commissioner Billy King by four votes.
• Latest Public Policy Polling survey shows governor’s race between Pat McCrory and Walter Dalton tightening.
• Meantime, Rasmussen Reports finds Mitt Romney’s lead over Barack Obama in North Carolina widening.
• State Board of Elections Executive Director Gary Bartlett says the hidden-camera video by conservative filmmaker James O’Keefe purporting to show voter fraud in North Carolina is worth investigating, but he suggests that O’Keefe may be the one investigated.
• And, the Republican Governors Association was out of the gate early with an ad linking Dalton to Gov. Bev Perdue, whose job he is seeking.
