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"Tis the season for lots of unfounded rumors."
Rep. Susi Hamilton, rejecting speculation that she isn’t seeking reelection this year.
WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 1/22/12

Perdue's Decision

Gov. Beverly Perdue will not run for re-election, marking the first time since gubernatorial succession was allowed in 1980 that a first-term governor failed to seek and win a second term.

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Perdue's Reasons

Gov. Beverly Perdue explained her decision not to seek a second term as a way of avoiding a more politicized fight over funding for public schools.

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Successor Speculation

Gov. Beverly Perdue’s announcement Thursday that she is not seeking reelection set off a frenzy of speculation about potential Democratic gubernatorial candidates. By the end of the day, it appeared that only Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton had publicly declared plans to run for governor.

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Tedesco Bid

A Wake County Board of Education member at the forefront of some of the district's most contentious issues has announced his plans to run for state superintendent of public instruction.

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Death Row Letter

A North Carolina man on death row who wrote a taunting letter to a newspaper gives a different version of his life in communications with family members.

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Pittman's Email

Rep. Larry Pittman has suggested bringing back public hangings as a deterrent to crime and extending the use of the death penalty to doctors who perform abortions, rapists and kidnappers.

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Miller’s Plans

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller announced this week that he is not seeking another term in the U.S. House, saying he does not want to face another Democratic veteran in this spring’s primary.

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Romney and Obama

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney leads Democratic President Barack Obama by 9 percent among probable North Carolina voters, according to a recent poll by the Civitas Institute.

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