• Former state Sen. Joe Sam Queen, a Democrat, will run for Rep. Phil Haire’s seat in the mountains (Mountaineer)
  • A profile of Rowan County banker Bruce Jones, a possible candidate for the state House (Salisbury Post)
  • State Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, announces that she will seek reelection (Herald-Sun)
  • Former State Sen. John Snow, a Democrat, announces that he’ll mount a campaign to retake his old seat (Cherokee Scout)
  • Republican James McCall thinks he has what it takes to be insurance commissioner (Mooresville Tribune)
  • Gov. Bev Perdue gets booed in the Dean Dome. At UNC. In Chapel Hill. Is nowhere safe for the embattled Democrat? (Dome)
  • Background on bids by Joe Sam Queen and John Snow to return to the General Assembly (Smoky Mountain News)
  • Former Marine files for new open House seat (The News Reporter)
  • Candidates lining up to face Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx in the 5th Congressional District (Dome)
  • A Public Policy Polling survey finds that Rep. Jim Crawford is vulnerable to a primary challenge from the left of the Democratic Party (ProgressNC)