FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Etheridge says his campaign remains viable – and could even pick up steam – despite new polling numbers that show him in a big hole. The latest data from Public Policy Polling shows Walter Dalton leading Etheridge 36 to 26 percent. Dalton has leapfrogged Etheridge in the [...]

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – With one week left to go before election day, Bob Etheridge is campaigning across North Carolina like he did twenty years ago. He’s on a statewide ballot for the first time since 1992, when he won a second term as Superintendent of Public Instruction. Etheridge then served as Congressman from North [...]

Etheridge Campaign Announcement of Endorsements RALEIGH – Gubernatorial candidate Bob Etheridge met with friends and supporters on the Capitol Grounds in Raleigh Monday to announce the endorsement of more than 100 current and former local, state and Congressional officials, past presidents of the North Carolina Association of Educators, and organizations. Speaking at the event were [...]

“Educators for Bob Etheridge” Supporting Former State Schools Superintendent for Governor RALEIGH, N.C. – A group of more than 500 people representing a broad range of public education experience is supporting Bob Etheridge for the Democratic nomination for Governor in the May 8 primary. Cecil S. Banks, three-term president of the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE) [...]

Eric Hodge: There are three main Democratic candidates in the race to become North Carolina’s governor. Yesterday we heard from State House Representative Bill Faison, who says his priority is jobs. But the subject of today’s story is focused on education. Bob Etheridge is a former U.S. Congressman who also served as the state’s Superintendent of [...]