• Pat McCrory officially announces for governor (Charlotte Observer)
  • “Jobs” gubernatorial candidate Bill Faison lays off workers form his law firm (WRAL-TV)
  • Lee County school board member Bill Tatum will run for House District 51 seat, now held by Republican freshman Mike Stone (Sanford Herald)
  • Republicans rally for Pat McCrory in Raleigh (News 14 Carolina)
  • Democrats want Erskine Bowles in the N.C. governor’s race (N&O)
  • And another one bites the dust: Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines won’t run for governor (Winston-Salem Journal)
  • Republican B.J. Lawson, two-time failed candidate for U.S. House, won’t run for office (Dome)
  • Former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge and former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker discuss the gubernatorial race (Sanford Herald)
  • U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, Democrat of N.C.’s 11th Congressional District, ends speculation that he might run for governor — he won’t be (Citizen-Times)
  • N.C. Rep. Diane Parfitt, D-Cumberland, won’t run for re-election (Associated Press)
  • And another House Democrat decides not to run: Alice Bordsen, representative from Alamance County, won’t seek another term (WRAL-TV)