? Kay Hagan criticizes Elizabeth Dole on the senator’s support for free-trade agreements and spotlights the issue of veteran health care during an appearance in Charlotte. Dole adds a retired general from New Bern to a veterans committee supporting her. Hagan is one of several Democratic challengers likely to benefit from the national senate campaign committee’s money edge over the GOP’s committee, which is currently running an ad questioning Hagan’s record on bipartisanship.

? Beverly Perdue earns some media in Bladen County for the North Carolina Health & Wellness Trust Fund’s recognition of the local school system. Campaigning in Kinston, Pat McCrory says that state government is inaccessible and inattentive to issues such as crime. In an interview with the Kinston Free Press, he responds to questions about various policy issues and Perdue’s appeal in Eastern NC.