? Pat McCrory and Beverly Perdue launch new TV ads, with McCrory focusing on job creation and drilling while Perdue attacks McCrory on school vouchers. McCrory criticizes Perdue for refusing to participate in a TV debate in Southeastern NC. Perdue spotlights the dropout issue during a visit to Craven County schools.
? During a Rowan County appearance, Kay Hagan calls Elizabeth Dole a rubber stamp for President Bush and questions her effectiveness in Washington. Campaigning in Hickory, Bob Dole credits his wife’s constituent service and work on agriculture. In Blowing Rock, he discusses the role of out-of-state money in the race and the record of the Democratic Congress. At the Democratic convention, Missouri’s Claire McCaskill takes a swipe at her Senate colleague Dole.
? CQ does another rundown of the major statewide races in NC.
