U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, Republican of North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District, says that litigation over the new redistricting plan prompted him to delay a final decision on whether to seek a 15th term in Congress in 2012 (Times-News)

  • Three Republicans vie to replace N.C. Sen. Debbie Clary, R-Cleveland, when she steps down later this month (M2M)

  • N.C. GOP encourages Tar Heel Democrats to hire locals for convention in September, regardless of whether the contractors are union shops (Washington Times)

  • After N.C. Rep. Rick Glazier, D-Cumberland, announces he’s weighing a run for Superintendent of Public Instruction, a Cumberland County commissioner says he might run for Glazier’s seat (Fayetteville Observer)

  • Union County school board member David Scholl enters the Republican primary for Superintendent of Public Instruction (Dome)

  • N.C. Rep. Mark Hilton, R-Catawba, announces that he won’t seek a seventh term in office (Hickory Daily Record)

  • Presumed Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory says he isn’t worried about a probe into his 2008 campaign finances (Capital Beat)

VIDEO: George Holding, a Republican candidate in the 13th Congressional District primary, runs an ad criticizing President Obama’s handling of the uprising in Egypt.