In Print Today: U.S. Senate Race; Trade with China

From today’s print edition: A run-down of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, which pits Greensboro state senator Kay Hagan against Chapel Hill investment banker Jim Neal. Hagan has strong support from the state’s Democratic establishment, and she cites her time as one of the most influential state legislators as proof that she is a good leader. Neal is running as anti-political outsider and has positioned himself to the left of Hagan, whom he calls Republican-lite. But Hagan has raised far more money and has slowly inflated her lead in public-opinion polls.

In other news, Media General’s Sean Mussenden takes an incisive look at trade, a key issue in North Carolina as both Democratic presidential candidates try to reach out to blue-collar voters. From the story: “The emotional debate focused on NAFTA has largely drowned out discussion of what economists say is a more pertinent trade issue in many states, including North Carolina, which holds its primary next week: That issue is trade with China.”