- Cornelius mayor announces for Senate District 41 seat, then backpedals (The Herald Weekly)
- U.S Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat from North Carolina, says that partisan bickering in Washington is impeding lawmakers’ ability to do their jobs (Dome)
- Redrawn legislative and congressional maps got their first hearing in court on Friday (Capital Beat)
- Bev Perdue warns of Republican hegemony if she doesn’t win re-election as governor next year (Dome)
- 11th Congressional District Republican candidate Mark Meadows is quoted in an MSNBC article on the possibility of Newt Gingrich topping the ballot in 2012 (MSNBC)
- Businessman Ethan Wingfield is “seriously considering” throwing his hat into the ring in the GOP primary in the 11th Congressional District (Roll Call)
VIDEO: From the Carolina Journal Online archives, Secretary of State Elaine Marshall warms up the crowd at Occupy Raleigh in October.
