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George Holding is bringing in House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to raise money for his congressional bid.

The former U.S. attorney and Republican candidates in the 13th District is sailing with the wind at his back. But he's still aiming to raise a serious campaign war chest.

Hosts for the event include Leo Daughtry, Lauch Faircloth, Beverly Lake, Joe Lanier, Bob Schaff and more. See partial invite below.

A significant piece of Republican George Holding's campaign biography is his role as a U.S. attorney prosecuting the case against John Edwards. The Raleigh congressional candidate left his role before the case went to trial -- but what does he think about the case given Thursday's verdict?

Holding's not talking. 

His campaign strategist, Carter Wrenn, said Holding wouldn't comment about the case. "I don't think it's quite appropriate," Wrenn said Friday, referring questions to the current federal prosecutors.

But Holding's campaign did defend the cost of the prosecution in the May primary race. His GOP opponent Paul Coble called the Edwards prosecution political.

George Holding is happy to win the Republican primary for North Carolina's 13th District Congressional seat, but is uncomfortable with talk that he has the November general election contest in the bag.

When people jokingly call him “Congressman Holding,” he responds: “Don’t jinx anything."

The former U.S. Attorney is expected to win in the redrawn district that leans heavily Republican. And it’s still unclear who his Democratic opposition will be. Charles Malone, who won the Democratic nomination, had said he was dropping out of the race due to health problems. But now he’s feeling better and is reconsidering a run.

GOP House candidate Paul Coble today made the Super Pac formed by one of his opponents, George Holding an issue in the 13th congressional race, claiming that it would allow “massive and possibly unaccountable special interest money” to influence the GOP primary.

Coble, the Wake County commissioners chairman and former Raleigh mayor, said the Super PAC formed by allies of Holding, a former U.S. attorney, could allow hundreds of thousands of dollars of unreported money to pay for TV ads. He also raised the question of whether there was inappropriate coordination between the Holding campaign and the Super PAC.

“Something smells rotten in the George Holding campaign,” Coble said at a news conference at his campaign headquarters on Barrett Drive. He also was to begin a radio ad stressing the same theme.

Standing at the bar inside Big Boss Brewery, Congressman Brad Miller asked for a High Roller IPA. "The things I'm willing to do for my constituents," the suited Raleigh Democrat said as he moved the glass to his lips.

Brewmaster Brad Wynn laughed. The perks of being a congressman. Read the full story here.

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller signed on this week to legislation that would overturn part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

The Raleigh Democrat told The Advocate he's backing the repeal the same week the state legislature voted to send a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage to voters.

The federal law, passed in 1996, says states don't have to recognize same-sex unions formalized in other states. 

Miller's support is symbolic since the Republican majority in the U.S. House is unlikely to put the measure to a vote.

Miller, who represents the 13th Congressional District, said a reporter from The Advocated called him after seeing him interviewed on MSNBC Wednesday. At the  end of the MSNBC interview, Miller criticized the proposed amendment. The Advocate reporter asked Miller whether he supported the repeal measure. 

"It had not come to my attention before," Miller said.

Miller said did some research, decided he agreed with the repeal legislation and signed on.

"I think the nation's attitudes are changing, and have changed dramatically in 15 years," Miller said.

U.S. Rep. David Price, a Democrat from Chapel Hill, was the first North Carolina congressman to co-sponsor the repeal bill.

Correction

Political primaries are nearly a year off, but campaigns have already shifted out of first gear.

Former federal prosecutor George Holding, a GOP candidate for the 13th Congressional District, has an ad where he promises to "cut spending."

Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Miller of Raleigh is the incumbent, but the new proposed boundaries make the district much friendlier to GOP candidates.

Wake County Commissioner's chairman and former Raleigh Mayor Paul Coble is also running.

Democratic Congressman Brad Miller's  House seat is the most likely congressional seat to turn over next year, according to the Washington Post's online political column, The Fix.

In handicapping the 10 House seats most likely to flip in 2012, the Post named the 13th as number one. That is because the legislature recently reconfigured the district from heavily Democratic to heavily Republican during the redistricting process.

“This is a very tough hold for Miller,” writes The Post.

The legislature drew Miller out of the district, and he is now considering the possibility of running for the 4th congressional seat now held by Democrat David Price, if legal challenges to the GOP plan fail.

Several Republicans have announced plans to run for the 13th including former Raleigh Mayor Paul Coble, who is chairman of the Wake County board of commissioners; former U.S. Attorney George Holding, and Bill Randall, who was the GOP candidate last year.

The 7th most likely congressional seat to turn over, according to The Fix  is the 7th district seat held by Democrat Larry Kissell, which has also been made more Republican by redistricting.

Republican state Reps Jerry Dockham and Justin Burr are considering running against Kissell.

The other most vulnerable seats are those held by 2) Republican Joe Wash of Illinois, 3) Republican Adam Kinzinger of Ilinois 4) Republican Bobby Schilling of Illinois 5) Republican David Dreier of California 6) Republican Bob Dold of Illinois 8) Democrat Mike Ross of Arkansas 9) Democrat Joe Donnelly of Indiana and 10) Democrat Dan Boren of Oklahoma.
     Here is one way to look at it. The North Carolina Republican legislators are keeping fast company. If you believe the Washington Post list, only the Illinois Democratic legislature did a better job of drawing their opponents out of congressional seats.

Nathan Tabor, a Kernersville Republican, announced he's running for Congress from the 13th Congressional District.

His main focus: " jobs, jobs, jobs."

"We must cut taxes and regulations on business owners, and we must lower our dependency on foreign oil. We must also reestablish the moral fiber of our society,"  he said in a Wednesday email to potential supporters.

Tabor ran for Congress from the 5th District in 2004,  and ran for the state Senate in 2006. He lost in Republican primaries.

He has the beginnings of a Tabor for Congress website (though the address is still taborforsenate) which advises visitors to stay tuned.

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller of Raleigh is the 13th District Democratic incumbent. A new proposed district map includes more registered Republicans.