? At the first live TV candidate between the two major-party candidates for governor, Pat McCrory keeps pressing Beverly Perdue on energy while she pushes back on McCrory’s proposal to reduce benefit mandates on health insurance. Full video available here. My take is here.

? MoveOn.org targets Elizabeth Dole with a half-million ad campaign criticizing her support from oil-company executives. Campaigning in Greenville, Dole argues for tax cuts, immigration reform, and other positions. The N&O gives Kay Hagan’s latest TV ad a mostly-accurate rating.