Jim Hunt is campaigning again for Barack Obama.

The former governor will join former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus for two stops in Wilson and Goldsboro today. (Mabus has separate stops in Kinston and Lumberton.)

Though he stayed neutral in the Democratic primary, Hunt has campaigned vigorously for Obama in recent weeks, appearing at a James Taylor concert, speaking at the Raleigh Farmer's Market and attending a town hall meeting and a fundraiser.

In addition, his wife hosted former Sen. Jean Carnahan in Wilson for an Obama event.

In June, Hunt told Dome that he wasn't interested in a position in the Obama administration, though his schedule certainly looks like he's trying. (He's long been on the list of potential education secretaries in what turned out to be nonexistent Democratic administrations.)

Certainly, he's done more Obama events than Gov. Mike Easley, who might also be on the list.

Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the cities the two would stop in. 

NEW BERN – The old Democratic war horse, Jim Hunt, had them on their feet cheering tonight.

"This year in North Carolina, if we work hard, we are going to carry the state for Beverly Perdue and carry the state for Barack Obama,” shouted Hunt, a former four-term Democratic governor.

The Sanford-Hunt Dinner finished off the state Democratic Convention Saturday. Some 1,300 Democrats attended the convention, the most in recent memory, reports Rob Christensen.

The large turnout was driven by the excitement surrounding the possibility of electing North Carolina's first woman governor and the first African-American president.

Besides adopting a platform, passing resolutions and electing delegates to the national convention in Denver in August, the Democrats heard from Perdue and from Kay Hagan, their Senate nominee.

At the dinner, former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus gave a pep talk as an Obama surrogate.

The Democrats watched a video in which party leaders gave a tribute to Hunt and Terry Sanford, a former governor and senator. But the subtext of the video was that the Democratic Party needs to pull together after a hard-fought primary.

Hunt told the crowd that both he and his wife, Carolyn, were out knocking on doors in their Wilson County neighborhood, encouraging people to register.

“If we can do it,” Hunt said, “you can do it.”

Several surrogates for Barack Obama will promote one-stop voting.

Former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus will hold a rally at 3:30 p.m. today in Asheville, while former UNC basketballer Sam Perkins will host a rally at 1 p.m. in Chapel Hill.

The campaign will also host one-stop rallies at Western Carolina University, Sandhills Community College and UNC-Charlotte today and tomorrow.