- Americans for Prosperity N.C. offers to host a debate between GOP legislative leaders and Gov. Bev Perdue over her proposal to raise the sales tax (AFP)
- President Obama mentions North Carolina in his State of the Union address (Dome)
- U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, Republican of N.C.’s 2nd Congressional District, confirms that she’ll run for reelection in 2012 (WRAL-TV)
- N.C. Rep. Ken Goodman, D-Richmond, announces his bid for reelection in the newly redrawn House District 66 (Richmond County Daily Journal)
- GOP’er Dan Eichenbaum, a candidate seeking the Republican nomination in the 11th Congressional District, condemns sustainable development (Mountain Xpress)
- Republican foes of U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell, Democrat of the 8th Congressional District, stump against ObamaCare and federal deficits (Laurinburg Exchange)
VIDEO: A new Republican National Committee ad slams President Obama’s State of the Union address:
