? The NC Republican Party shows an ad it plans to run on TV linking Richard Moore and Beverly Perdue to the controversial statements of Barack Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Both Moore and Perdue have run their own ads linking their candidacies to Obama’s. GOP candidate Bob Orr doesn’t like the idea of running the ad.

? Perdue captures the endorsement of the Winston-Salem Chronicle. Greensboro blogger Joe Guarino endorses Fred Smith.

? The Democrats oppose permitting a new coal-fired power plant while the Republicans support the idea. All the candidates appear to disagree with Gov. Mike Easley about the legality and propriety of deleting email records.