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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.
The Winston-Salem Journal's editorial board endorsed Pat McCrory for governor and President Barack Obama.
The cross-partisan pollination from one of the largeset newspapers reflects North Carolina's possible direction on Election Day, pundits and pollsters suggest.
Four years ago the Journal picked Republican John McCain. But in selecting the president this year, the writers noted his foreign policy credentials and his economic policies. (Read excerpts below.)
Former Congressman Bob Etheridge will announce big endorsements for his gubernatorial bid on Monday.
Democratic Congressman David Price and Democratic state Sen. Dan Blue -- who at one point considered entering the governor's race himself -- are the biggest names on the list. Price and Blue will appear at a Monday morning press conference for Etheridge.
Paul Wright -- that other Republican candidate for governor -- delivered some big endorsement news Thursday via his Facebook page: "I am pleased to announce former U.S. congressman and Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo has endorsed my campaign for governor."
We'll let Dome readers speculate on what's more surprising: a Tom Tancredo sighting or Wright getting an endorsement in his bid against presumptive GOP nominee Pat McCrory.
But for what it's worth -- and not confirmed by Tancredo's camp -- read Wright's full announcement below.
Pat McCrory's campaign is touting the endorsement of all the state's Republican sheriffs.
The 39 endorsements are a no-brainer, given McCrory is the leading candidate in the Republican field. Until recently, he was the only candidate. Now there are four others. The sheriffs' support -- and other endorsements to come -- could help assuage concerns about any of the four other GOP candidates mounting a strong challenge to McCrory.
