Obama campaign officially opens Charlotte office

Qcitymetro, an online publication in Charlotte, has the scoop on the official opening of an Obama campaign office in the Queen City: The Obama re-election campaign opened its Charlotte headquarters Thursday with a call for volunteers and a promise to once again put North Carolina in the president’s win column.

Hundreds jammed the one-story building on Elizabeth Avenue between Presbyterian Hospital and Central Piedmont Community College. Mayor Anthony Foxx reminded the cheering crowd that the same building had housed each of his two successful campaigns for mayor: “Let’s keep the steak unbroken,” he said. Read the article here.