• An election primer for 2012 races in North Carolina (N&O)
  • N.C. Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake, rules out a run for governor (Dome)
  • Michelle Obama is visiting N.C. on Friday (Dome)
  • As election filing ends, surprise candidates for state legislative office emerge in Cumberland County (Fayetteville Observer)
  • Former Wake County commissioner Lindy Brown drops her bid for the House District 38 seat (Dome)
  • Democrat files to challenge N.C. Sen. Buck Newton, R-Nash, in Senate District 11 (Rocky Mount Telegram)
  • U.S. Rep. Mel Watt, a Democrat, gets a challenger from his own party in the 12th Congressional District (Dome)
  • N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, rejects criticism of campaign money (Winston-Salem Journal)
  • N.C. Sen. Don Vaughan, D-Guilford, won’t run for any office this year (News & Record)
  • Republican Pat McCrory, Democrat Bill Faison say they won’t release their tax records as both men seek to become North Carolina’s next governor (Star-News)
  • Democrats’ primary for governor will be short and sweet (N&O)