A recent poll from Elon University indicates 56 percent of North Carolinians oppose a ban on same-sex marriage.
Perdue says she was just being sarcastic when she suggested the elections should be canceled, and that draws a heated response from Limbaugh.
Bachmann will be in Pinehurst Thursday evening to speak to a GOP group and then will host a fundraiser, and golf event, on Friday morning at the Country Club of North Carolina.
North Carolina's Senate leader has wrapped up a week-long trip to China with other legislative chiefs from the South to improve cultural and business exchanges with the state.
Gov. Beverly Perdue's re-election campaign has surrendered a small donation after worries the money may have been loaned to a donor by a family member.
While North Carolina is prepared to make a hefty $78 million interest payment this week on money it's borrowed to pay jobless benefits, the state remains in a holding pattern about how to pay the underlying tab that's 30 times larger.
Quick to tangle, Republican presidential rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney sparred vigorouslyover job creation and Social Security Wednesday night in a feisty campaign debate that marked a contentious new turn in the race to pick a 2012 challenger to President Barack Obama.
District-4 Republican William (B.J.) Lawson faced Democratic incumbent David Price in a debate co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and NBC-17.
District-13 Republican Bill Randall faced Democratic incumbent Brad Miller in a debate co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and NBC-17.
District-2 Republican Renee Ellmers faced Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge in a debate co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and NBC-17.
Democratic challenger Elaine Marshall faced Republican incumbent Richard Burr in a debate co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters and NBC-17.