Melanie Wade Goodwin

For loyal - or occasional - readers of "Wayne's World" and also here at BlueNC, you are probably aware that Melanie and I have been expecting our second child.

Plan to be in BISCOE tonight!

“Today we will be joined by young teachers, parents and students, to open up the communication lines between our leaders and the community. It is time for young people across North Carolina to recognize the political influence that is theirs to organize and speak out on critical issues like education,” said Melissa Price, Vice-President of the North Carolina Young Democrats.

Please join the Young Democrats at 7 p.m. tonight for our latest in an exciting series of discussions about the state of education in North Carolina. Friend of the blog Larry Kissell will be leading the discussion along with one of our favorite State Representatives, Melanie Wade Goodwin.

See who is sponsoring the Democratic Victory Luncheon on January 26, 2008 in Hamlet, site of the N.C. Democratic Party's State Executive Committee meeting.

Rep. Melanie Wade Goodwin will become the first sitting NC lawmaker to give birth while in office. ... Rep. Goodwin says that her continued service in the legislature during her pregnancy and after the baby is born reflects what the Democratic Party and its House Democratic Caucus are about: children, families, and the future.

A breaking news item I'll fill in later today ...

As a precursor to its hosting the NC Democratic Party's State Executive Committee meeting in January 2008, Richmond County Democrats invite one and all to its 2nd Annual Morrison-Deane-Goodman Democratic Dinner & Rally. When it comes to Democratic politics, Richmond rocks!

Insurance Commissioner Jim Long kicked off his 2008 re-election campaign last night at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham. ... It has become tradition for Long to jumpstart his re-election at the ANNUAL SALUTE TO JIM LONG.