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Two more newspaper editorial board endorsements split their picks between Democrat Walter Dalton and Republican Pat McCrory.
The opinion shop at The Daily Advance in Elizabeth City endorsed Dalton. He will better stand up for rural parts of the state and serve as a veto threat to what is likely to be another Republican-controlled legislature," the newspaper's editorial board wrote.
UPDATED: The endorsement wagon continues to roll through legislative districts with the N.C. Chamber the latest to drop support and probably money into local races. Most the names on this list are Republicans and a few without really contested races, including the GOP leadership. Exceptions include: Gene McLaurin and Paul Tine, Democrats in swing districts.
In the Raleigh area, the chamber is supporting two first time GOP candidates: Tamara Barringer and Chad Barefoot. See the rest below. The Chamber also endorsed Republican Paul Newby in the N.C. Supreme Court race.
Marlowe Foster, a Democratic candidate for Labor Commissioner, announced more endorsements today from political groups and individuals. Foster has backing from the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, the Durham People's Alliance, the Fairmont Committee on Black Affairs, 2008 Labor Commissioner candidate Mary Fant Donnan, state Reps. Deborah Ross and Grier Martin of Wake County, Former state Democratic Party chairman Jerry Meek, state Rep. Tricia Cotham of Charlotte, Transportation Secretary Gene Conti, state Sen. Doug Berger. and Morrisville Council member Steve Rao. Foster, a Pfizer lobbyist from Raleigh, faces John Brooks and Tyrone Richardson in the Democratic primary. Republican Cherie Berry is the incumbent commissioner.
