• A coalition in favor of the marriage amendment referendum May 8 launches a website (Dome)
  • Republican Wayne Langston is expected to run in House District 3; current Rep. Norm Sanderson is expected to run for state Senate (Beaufort Observer)
  • George Holding confirms that he’s running in the 13th Congressional District, not for attorney general (Dome)
  • Dan Forest wins the backing of two former N.C. Republican Party chairmen in the GOP’s primary for lieutenant governor (Dome)
  • John Tedesco and Debra Goldman, both registered Republicans on the Wake County school board, might seek higher office (N&O)
  • Asheville tea party to host Republican and Democratic candidates at a forum Jan. 28 (Mountain Xpress)
  • U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, Democrat of N.C.’s 7th Congressional District, raised $852,000 last year and has $687,000 on hand (Dome)

VIDEO: Gov. Bev Perdue releases a Web video in which she stumps for a sales tax increase: “A fraction of a penny for progress.”