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Rick Santorum's taken the lead in the Republican Presidential race in North Carolina with 31% to 25% for Mitt Romney and 23% for Newt Gingrich. A month ago Gingrich and Romney were tied for the lead with Santorum running 10 points behind. Romney's staying competitive in North Carolina despite the fact that GOP voters there are pretty tepid toward him. Only 43% have a favorable opinion and an equal 43% see him negatively. That makes him less popular than both Gingrich (45/41) and Santorum (58/29). Romney's really benefiting from Gingrich continuing to be strong enough in the South that he...

Hatchett enters May primary for House seat STATE AUDITOR FILES TO SHOW HE IS SERIOUS CONTENDER IN 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT By Joe Biesk ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFORT - Seeking to show he's a serious candidate for Gov. Ernie Fletcher's old U.S. House seat, State Auditor Ed Hatchett formally entered the race for the Democratic nomination in the regular May primaries. Hatchett filed his candidacy papers for the May primary with the Kentucky secretary of state's office about 1 p.m. yesterday. His filing was also meant to show delegates responsible for choosing the Dem-o-cratic nominee for the vacant 6th District seat's upcoming...