Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory had a late night Monday, and it wasn't because of a campaign event.

McCrory took time from his gubernatorial campaign to co-host a late-night edition of Fox Charlotte's "Fox News Edge" with regular host Brotha' Fred, Rogelio Aranda reports.

Looking relaxed without a tie, McCrory discussed the dangers of "electionitis," the fatigue felt by candidates (and voters) this late in the campaign.

"They don't even know what towns they're in right now. ... There's probably going to be more mess-ups."

McCrory recalled a recent campaign appearance in Hickory, where he said he told a crowd "It's great to be in the living room of Caldwell County."

Hickory is in Catawba County.

Later, McCrory joked that Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Mike Munger was harder to debate than Democrat Beverly Perdue.

"He was a bright guy," he said.

A House bill to ban elected officials from signing corporate gag orders died today.

The measure came about after Google required Caldwell County officials to sign strict agreements barring them from disclosing anything about a proposed project there. The company got $260 million in state and local tax breaks over 30 years.

Rep. Paul Luebke said that prevents democracy from working.

"It is a national problem," the Durham Democrat said. "State by state, people realize how they are being blackmailed and coerced by the big corporations that come in."

But rural legislators said the bill would hurt economic development.

Rep. Bill Owens, a Democrat from Elizabeth City, said that companies would go to other states.

"When these clients come to you and they tell you they want it to be confidential and they want to leave it confidential, if you don't agree to do it, they're going to pack their bags and leave right then," he said.

The bill was referred to a committee on a 77-38 vote, effectively killing it because of the crossover deadline.