Price just released this statement:

“North Carolinians deserve members of Congress who fight for what is right, and Brad Miller has been fighting for what is right for the last decade. From addressing water contamination issues at Camp Lejeune to pushing for a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and insisting that the home mortgage crisis be addressed, it has been a privilege to fight alongside him for working people and for President Obama's agenda. I know Brad will continue to shape these issues, whatever he chooses to do next, and I wish him well.”

“His decision today will avoid a divisive primary in the Fourth District if the unfair and illegal maps drawn by General Assembly Republicans are allowed to govern this election. I will continue to fight—with Congressional and General Assembly colleagues—to overturn them in court.
 

The reactions from Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday night to the Wake County school board election results was about as different as you could get.

As noted today in this article and this article, Democrats were hailing the results as a step forward. Republicans who face four years of being in the minority were warning about a return to the days of forced busing and possibly even Superintendent Tony Tata leaving.

Speaking to reporters after the results came in, GOP board vice chairman John Tedesco said he hopes the new board majority won't try to rehash old battles.

The Wake Citizens for Good Government PAC is looking like it could be a big player in this fall's Wake County school board elections.

As noted in today's article, the PAC has reported raising $27,803.28 with $25,671.54 on hand. In contrast, the Wake Schools Community Alliance has reported raising $268.92 an having only $1 on hand.

There's a strong connection between Wake Citizens for Good Government, the five Democratic school board candidates and the Wake County Democratic Party. A number of people are giving money to all three groups, similar to how some of the 2009 donors gave money to the four winning school board candidates, the WSCA and the Wake County Republican Party.

Wake County school board candidate Heather Losurdo is reaching out to Tea Partiers in her bid to knock off incumbent Kevin Hill.

During a speech at Friday's Tax Day Tea Party rally in downtown Raleigh, Losurdo praised the actions of the school board majority while jokingly saying she'd ask Gov. Bev Perdue for her endorsement. She also argued that the current system isn't helping students reach their true potential.

"Eighteen months ago, you achieved a monumental goal when you elected a majority, a conservative majority on the Wake County school board," Losurdo said to applause. "You worked hard. You gave of your time. You gave of your money and you went out and you voted."

Gov. Bev Perdue and several other Democratic Party leaders are scheduled to attend a Thursday fundraiser in Raleigh for a group that's hoping to wrest control of the Wake County school board away from the Republican majority.

The stated goal of the fundraiser for the Wake Citizens for Good Government PAC is to benefit Wake school board candidates "who support high quality public schools for all children." The PAC was formed in 2009 and unsuccessfully ran a television attack ad against Republican-backed school board candidates.

The PAC was formed by Dean Debnam, president of the Democratic-leaning polling firm of Public Policy Polling. PPP has recently conducted surveys on Wake school issues for what the firm says is a private client.

We get more than 1,400 letters a month and have room to print fewer than 280. Sometimes we move letters into the publishing pipeline only to have them overrun by other things. Here are some of those letters.

The school board will chat with the county's congressional delegation during a breakfast meeting today.

Rosa Gill, chairwoman of the school board, said that U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge, Brad Miller and David Price have all agreed to attend. You can expect discussion about No Child Left Behind and federal education funding.

Don't look for U.S. Senators Richard Burr or Elizabeth Dole to be there as they didn't get invites. It's doubtful they would have been able to come anyway due to the GOP Convention this week.

Today's meeting is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. in the board conference room, 3600 Wake Forest Road in Raleigh.