Two more people have entered the race for North Carolina governor.
The State Board of Elections says Gary M. Dunn of Matthews and Gardenia M. Henley of Winston-Salem filed Friday as candidates for the Democratic primary.
They join state Rep. Bill Faison as official candidates for the May primary. Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton and former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge also have said they're running.
Henley's website identifies her as an Air Force veteran who is a retired auditor for the U.S. State Department. She ran for the state House in 2010.
Dunn finished third in the 1992 Republican primary for governor. He wrote an e-mail late Friday saying he's running because the voices of "working people in North Carolina are not being heard."
On Thursday, Congressman Brad Miller announced that he will not run for governor of North Carolina, but will "support other energetic and determined candidates for office."
Miller, who has been weighing the option since Gov. Bev Perdue announced in January that she would not seek re-election, says the state needs a governor who will fight for education.
"We need a governor who will fight the efforts of Republicans in the legislature to close those doors of opportunity by their assault on public education," Miller said in a statement.
Other Democratic politicians still undecided include former State Treasurer Richard Moore and State Sen. Dan Blue.
Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory announced in January that he will seek the Republican nomination, saying "the good old boy and good old girl leadership ... has controlled this state for far too long."
In 2008, McCrory lost the state's top seat to Perdue by 3 percent of the vote. Polls, however, show McCrory leading most Democratic challengers by double digits.
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