Latest dispatches from the campaign trail, September 26, 2012

• Who dat? The state Democratic Party’s Oct. 6 Western Gala fundraiser features a host of unknowns.

• Teaching or preaching? Materials offered by the Town of Cary about bond measures on the Nov. 6 ballot may be crossing the line between education and advocacy.

• Taxing math. President Obama’s campaign hits Mitt Romney on the “47 percent” remark in this ad running in North Carolina and other battleground states.

• Fixing a hole? Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton takes direct aim at his rival for governor, Pat McCrory, in this ad touting education spending.