? Pat McCrory’s campaign asks North Carolina TV stations to stop running an ad from a Democratic-funded 527 attacking him on the minimum wage and community-college tuition. The campaign says some of the claims in the ad aren’t factual. A News & Observer analysis agrees in part. Beverly Perdue leads McCrory in recent polls.

? Another out-of-state Democratic group begins an ad campaign agains Elizabeth Dole, questioning her effectiveness on immigration and other issues. The Dole camp criticizes the tone of the ad and of Kay Hagan’s campaign. Technology writer Ed Cone observes a lack of online sophistication in a number of Senate campaigns, including Hagan’s.