JAMESTOWN, N.C. -- North Carolina Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue is on the road again, talking to business leaders about the state's economy in the weeks before she takes office.

Stark Contrast with McCrory

Sinclair Broadcast Group, which includes WLOS in Asheville and WXLV in Greensboro, announced it has pulled the Republican Governors Association’s false negative ad off the air.

While Bev Perdue has consistently outlined detailed plans and a specific vision to help North Carolina’s middle-class families, Pat McCroy continues to come up short on substance in debates and poli

Pat McCrory’s first TV commercial of the general election continues his pattern of making untruthful claims about Bev Perdue.

Bev Perdue has consistently said that she supports offshore drilling, urging oil companies to use some of their record profits to immediately begin drilling in the untapped 68-million acres currently under lease, almost half of which are located offshore.

Bev Perdue has consistently supported drilling off America’s coast:

• “Well I’m not against offshore drilling per se… you know we’ve got 68 million acres that are already under lease in America right now, and if oil companies would start drilling there right this very minute then the question of what comes about from drilling would be answered.” [WWNC 570AM in Asheville, 8/8/08]

Includes contributions from 95 counties and 1,765 first-time donors

The Bev Perdue campaign reported raising $2,342,221.64 during the second quarter 2008 reporting period, with $1,418,217.60 cash on hand as of June 30. The campaign finance report covers the period from April 20 – June 30.

Highlights include:

• 3,002 individual donors this quarter (more than 10,000 overall)
• More than 1,500 first time donors, totaling more than $830,000
• Women account for more than half of all 2nd quarter donors
• $128,620 from Mecklenburg County
• More than $800,000 from women donors
• Donations from 95 different counties this quarter, and all 100 overall

In major speech, Perdue challenges McCrory support for vouchers, repeal of lottery

ASHEVILLE -- In a speech to the NC Association of School Administrators and Western Region Education Service Alliance's Summer Leadership Conference, Bev Perdue today challenged Pat McCrory's education positions that could create a $1.2 billion hole annually in North Carolina's education budget.

Citing McCrory's support for private school vouchers and repeal of the Education Lottery, Perdue said, "There are real differences between my opponent and myself on how to build a world class education system here in North Carolina... the combination of vouchers and the elimination of the lottery could blow a yearly billion dollar hole in the education budget. We can't afford that."