• Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton leads Bob Etheridge in a new poll (WRAL-TV)
  • Former Gov. Jim Martin endorses Richard Hudson in the 8th Congressional District Republican primary (Dome)
  • U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell, Democrat of the 8th Congressional District, wins the endorsement of the National Rifle Association (Richmond County Daily Journal)
  • Dan Forest picks up the backing of Rick Santorum supporters in his bid for lieutenant governor (Dome)
  • The Republican National Committee pushes President Obama to address the N.C. Democratic Party scandal (Dome)
  • A candidate in House District 109 fights rumors of a criminal past (Gaston Gazette)

N.C. Rep. Ric Killian, a Republican running for Congress in the 9th Congressional District, releases a TV ad: