? The gubernatorial candidates have reported their second-quarter fundraising numbers and cash on hand. Beverly Perdue raised $2.3 million and has $1.4 million in the bank. Pat McCrory raised just over $1 million in the second quarter and has about $700,000 in the bank. PPP’s Tom Jensen discusses what the polling shows about Libertarian Mike Munger’s potential effect on the gubernatorial race, along with Bob Barr’s role in the presidential contest.
? The Elizabeth Dole-Kay Hagan race doesn’t quite make Congressional Quarterly‘s list of the most-competitive Senate races in the country, which include Democratic takeover bids in Virginia, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Colorado, Mississippi, Minnesota, Alaska, Oregon, and Maine, and a Republican takeover bid in Louisiana. The News & Observer rates a Hagan ad attacking Dole on gas prices to be a ?stretch,? while Dole finds herself in a predicament about securing funding for a Rowan County bridge that state officials want to toll, an idea opposed by local officials.
