There will be a U.S. Senate debate after all this year – but likely only one.

The N.C. Democratic Party is criticizing U.S. Rep. Ted Budd for attending an event in Rockingham County named for former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.

The name “North Carolinians for Personal Freedom” sounds like it might be a conservative advocacy group. But that’s not who’s behind new TV and online ads encouraging supporters of abortion rights to vote in state elections this year.

District 9 is the most competitive legislative district in the Greenville area, as first-term Rep. Brian Farkas seeks to defend the seat he flipped from the GOP in 2020.

District 17 is one of the only competitive Senate districts in increasingly blue Wake County, and it’s a key seat for Republicans to flip in order to get a supermajority.

The ad war is heating up with two months to go before the U.S. Senate election. The Senate Leadership Fund – the Super PAC led by Sen. Mitch McConnell and national Republicans – is spending $2.48 million on TV ads and $763,000 on online ads attacking Democratic candidate Cheri Beasley.

This district in northeastern North Carolina is one of the places House Republicans hope to flip in order to win a supermajority.

The advocacy group Common Cause filed a federal lawsuit recently seeking to overturn a state law that makes all state and county elections board members either Democrats or Republicans.

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The N.C. State Board of Elections has set its residency hearing for Democratic N.C. Senate candidate Valerie Jordan for 3 p.m. Friday. Both Jordan and her Republican opponent, newly minted Sen. Bobby Hanig, have each hired multiple lawyers to present their case.

Both candidates in North Carolina’s most competitive congressional race dropped new TV ads on Monday, and both spotlight a family member.

By replacing portions of Granville County with northern Durham County, redistricting will make it difficult for Yarborough to win re-election. In 2020, the district voted 55% for President Joe Biden and 57% for Gov. Roy Cooper.

Rep. Ashton Clemmons, D-Guilford, has developed a reputation as a consensus builder in the House. That’s a challenge in a hyperpartisan environment as a member of the minority party.

Every race for governor and U.S. Senate in recent history here has included at least one debate, but will this year be the exception?