Ballantine to stop by for BBQ
(From our state government reporter, Eric Dyer)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Patrick Ballantine will be campaigning in the Piedmont Triad this weekend.
Ballantine plans to attend the barbecue festival in uptown Lexington around 4 p.m. Saturday. That will follow stops in Charlotte, Gastonia, Statesville and Salisbury with Richard Burr, who is the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate.
Ballantine is running against Democratic Gov. Mike Easley and Libertarian Barbara Howe.