• Not so past, Mark Meadows — Jeff Hunt claims frontrunner status in the 11th Congressional District Republican primary race (Citizen-Times)
  • Pat McCrory names Russell Peck, former executive director of the N.C. Republican Party, as his campaign manager (Dome)
  • Democrats have “a political beauty pageant” as three of their gubernatorial candidates take the stage at the N.C. Association of Educators’ headquarters (Associated Press)
  • Two more Democrats — unknown individuals in the political world — join the primary for governor (Associated Press)
  • Pat McCrory distances himself from “dumb” dig at Perdue (Associated Press)

  • According to a local blog, Republican Dan Eichenbaum won’t file to run in the 11th Congressional District GOP primary (ThunderPig)
  • U.S. Rep. David Price, Democrat of N.C.’s 4th Congressional District, draws a Republican opponent — Doug Yopp (Dome)
  • The N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation analyzes campaign finance data for N.C. House members running for Congress (NCFEF)