? Pat McCrory connects his early life and personal experience with his approach to running for governor. As mayor, he has sometimes run afoul of local conservatives by promoting costly public-building projects in Charlotte. Campaigning in New Bern, Beverly Perdue talks about economic development and job training. She seeks to separate herself from Mike Easley.

? Kay Hagan responds to a GOP mailing linking her to the Godless Americans PAC. Elizabeth Dole puts her own money into her Senate campaign. She discusses her religious faith at a church in Salisbury. Dole and Hagan both speak at a Greensboro ceremony honoring fallen veterans.