? The Hendersonville TImes-News comments on the plethora of female candidates running for North Carolina political office.

? Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory weigh in on a proposed North Carolina International Terminal at Southport. Both call for more study. Elizabeth Dole is seeking federal funds.

? The Washington Post‘s ?The Fix? blog moves the Dole-Kay Hagan race up a notch on its lists of top 10 competitive Senate contests. Both candidates are making campaign appearances Saturday, Dole in front of an American Legion convention in Raleigh and Hagan at a Rockingham County breakfast and a Greensboro NAACP banquet.