July 24, 2008
Associated Press: Hagan in Charlotte to visit with veterans
Associated Press
July 24, 2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan is visiting Charlotte to meet with local veterans.
Hagan’s husband is a Vietnam veteran, and 2 of her nephews are in the military. The Democrat has previously hosted similar events with veterans in Greensboro and Cary.
Hagan will speak about the military Thursday at an American Legion post in Charlotte before traveling to Raeford for a campaign event with Hoke County Sheriff Hubert Peterkin.
Both Hagan and Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole have supported increased funding for veterans’ health care and benefits, including money for mental health.
July 20, 2008
The Daily Reflector: Posturing will not provide real relief at the pump
Political posturing and inflated rhetoric won’t lower gas prices or help our nation provide for our energy independence and security. But that’s business as usual in Washington, where snake oil salesmen provide election year fodder while middle class families struggle to make ends meet.
July 12, 2008
Winston-Salem Journal: Hagan is closing the gap in fundraising with Dole; Both raised a lot in latest period, but Dole outspent Hagan
Winston-Salem Journal
By James Romoser
July 12, 2008
RALEIGH – Sen. Elizabeth Dole and Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue have out-raised and outspent their opponents so far in the top two races for statewide office.
But in the race for U.S. Senate, Dole’s Democratic challenger, Kay Hagan, is closing a fundraising gap that had once appeared insurmountable.
“We have known from the beginning that this is going to be a competitive race,” said Colleen Flanagan, a spokeswoman for the Hagan campaign.
Last year, Hagan entered the race against Dole as an underdog. She is a state senator with low name recognition beyond her home district in Guilford County, and she had never run for statewide...
July 11, 2008
AP: Dole burns through cash during second quarter
Associated Press
July 11, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sen. Elizabeth Dole entered the third quarter with 10 times more campaign cash than her Democratic rival. Now, the gap has shrunk to just about double.
Dole, a Republican, burned through millions of dollars in cash during the last few months, in part because of a television advertising buy to introduce her accomplishments to voters.
Her campaign said she raised some $1.7 million during the reporting period, adding to the $3.2 million she had on hand during a finance report in mid-April. But her campaign said Friday she had just $2.7 million remaining.
State Sen. Kay Hagan, meanwhile, reported having just $317,000 cash on hand three months ago. But her campaign said this...
July 11, 2008
AP: Hagan pumping up energy talks at local gas station
Associated Press
July 11, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. — U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan is in her hometown to speak with consumers about high gas prices.
The Democratic state senator from Greensboro will meet with drivers at a local gas station to discuss how gas prices are affecting their personal budgets. She has held similar events in Raleigh and Wilmington.
Hagan’s campaign has repeatedly tied Dole to high gas prices, noting that the price at the pump has gone from $1.52 to $4.11 since Dole took office in 2003.
Hagan supports heavy investments in conservation and alternative energy. Dole also supports alternative energies but would like to see additional oil exploration and releases from the strategic petroleum...
July 10, 2008
Asheville Citizen-Times: Veterans deserve our best and Hagan will deliver it
Asheville Citizen-Times
Letter to the Editor
July 10, 2008
Regardless of whether or not you support the wars currently being fought overseas, everyone should be in favor of better care for our courageous veterans. To leave them out in the cold after we have requested that they keep us safe in hostile situations is tragic. Our current government is not doing this job well enough.
North Carolina has a strong military presence, and we need leadership in Washington who will take care of military and veterans’ issues. Kay Hagan will go to bat for our country’s veterans. She supports better benefits for our veterans and a new GI Bill that will make sure veterans are afforded every opportunity they deserve. Hagan is hosting veterans’ town halls all over...
July 09, 2008
AP: Hagan has $1.2 million to spend against Dole
The Associated Press
July 9, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. – U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan has about $1.2 million in cash to spend in her bid to oust Sen. Elizabeth Dole in one of the most watched races in the nation.
The campaign reported Wednesday that it raised more than $1.5 million from the middle of April to the end of June. Hagan’s cash on hand indicates the Democratic state senator from Greensboro will have the resources to compete on the airwaves.
It’s about four times more than she reported three months ago.
Dole’s campaign declined to release numbers Wednesday but must file a report to the Federal Election Commission by Tuesday. The Republican had reported $3.2 million cash on hand in...
July 09, 2008
Politico, The Crypt Blog: Dole challenger has impressive fundraising haul
Politico
July 9, 2008
Democrats hoping to expand the playing field in this fall’s Senate races got some good news today, when Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s (R-N.C.) challenger posted an impressive second-quarter fundraising total.
Kay Hagan, a five-term state senator from the Greensboro area, announced this afternoon that she raised over $1.6 million over the last three months, with $1.2 million left in her campaign account at the end of June.
“This extremely strong fundraising total will enable us to aggressively compete with Elizabeth Dole and spread Kay’s message to as many North Carolinians as possible,” Hagan campaign spokeswoman Colleen Flanagan said.
Since winning the Democratic nomination for Senate on May 6, Hagan has attracted the...
July 03, 2008
Rocky Mount Telegram Editorial: Our View: More drilling not the answer
Rocky Mount Telegram
July 3, 2008
Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory this week joined the growing chorus of politicians calling for increased offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.
The Charlotte mayor chastized politicians who oppose the idea as espousing hypocritical not-in-my-backyard thinking after President Bush last week called on Congress to lift the federal moratorium on offshore drilling along the Atlantic Coast.
Like most supporters of opening up more coastal areas to drilling – such as U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who recently reversed her position on the matter – McCrory said that conservation coupled with renewable and alternative energy sources will not be enough to help the country come to grips with the exploding cost of...
July 03, 2008
Fayetteville Observer: Keeping our promises to veterans
Our military is the strongest and the bravest in the world. Our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, Coast Guard and National Guardsmen need to know that when they are done serving their country honorably, they will have a helping hand back at home.
June 29, 2008
CQ Today: Dole Faces Fight in North Carolina Senate Race
North Carolina Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole holds the edge in her bid this year for a second term. But fluctuating polls over the month and a half since state Sen. Kay Hagan won the May 6 Democratic primary have raised questions about how solid and secure Dole is in her status as the favorite.
June 27, 2008
Burlington Times News: N.C. candidates praise gun decision
Burlington Times News
June 27, 2008
Thursday’s decision on guns by a divided U.S. Supreme Court didn’t split North Carolina’s candidates for Congress.
Democrats as well as Republicans generally applauded the 5-4 ruling upholding an individual’s right to have guns.
``This ruling is a victory for all law-abiding citizens and gun owners in this country,’‘ said Democrat Kay Hagan, who is challenging Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole.
Dole said the ruling confirms ``what I, and millions of Americans, have long recognized — that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to possess a firearm and to use it for lawful purposes.’‘
A CNN poll this month...
June 24, 2008
Fayetteville Observer Editorial: Political debates start early, but we need more candidates to join
Fayetteville Observer
June 24, 2008
Just days into the summer season, we’d expect most folks — politicians included — would be getting away to the beach.
But this is shaping up as a busy, combative campaign season, and no one — the politicians and those of us who listen to them — will get much of a break.
Even when the politicians head for the beach, it’s campaigning as usual. On Saturday, the candidates in two of the hotter North Carolina races ran down to Atlantic Beach for the first of what will likely be many debates. Gubernatorial candidates Beverly Perdue and Pat McCrory, and Senate candidates Elizabeth Dole and Kay Hagan, faced off at the annual meeting of the N.C. Bar Association.
It was, by all accounts, a good show. Dole,...
June 23, 2008
Greensboro News and Record: Hagan listens to veterans, promises to work for them
Greensboro News and Record
Kay Hagan
June 23, 2008
On June 6, I kicked off my Veterans Town Hall tour with a stop at VFW Post2087. I want to say a special thank you to the veterans who came out to discuss what’s working and what needs to be fixed.
The military tradition in my family is strong. My husband went to law school with help from the GI Bill, I have three other veterans in my family, and currently I have two nephews serving overseas.
Some of the stories I heard were heartbreaking – a veteran who lost both legs and still didn’t qualify as fully disabled, and families who are relying on their loved ones to raise their children during multiple deployments overseas. There were some success stories,...
June 23, 2008
Fayetteville Observer: Challengers pumped by fuel costs
Fayetteville Observer
June 23, 2008
Political challengers this year are seizing on the skyrocketing cost of gas in their bids to topple incumbents.
Republican or Democrat, it doesn’t matter. The challengers, who usually trumpet change, are harping on arguably the biggest pocketbook issue since the 2001 recession.
Dan Mansell, a Republican from Johnston County running against U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, a Democrat from Lillington, said voters are mad over gas prices.
“Right now, they want solutions to the problems, not more political rhetoric,” Mansell said.
Larry Kissell surprised motorists June 14 at a gas station in Montgomery County that sold gas for $1.22 — the price when his Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Robin Hayes, was...
June 22, 2008
Jacksonville Daily News: Hagan campaigns at gas stations, pot lucks
Happy with her performance at a debate earlier in the day, N.C. State Sen. Kay Hagan met with Jacksonville supporters Saturday. Hagan, D-Guilford, is running a grassroots campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole.
June 22, 2008
News 14 Carolina: Major N.C. candidates square off
News 14 Carolina
Tim Boyum
June 22, 2008
NORTH CAROLINA — The major candidates for North Carolina governor and U.S. Senate squared off for the first time Saturday at a forum held by the North Carolina Bar Association in Atlantic Beach.
All four candidates made a clear effort to separate themselves from their opponents, while state Sen. Kay Hagan (D) focused on tying U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole ( R) to President Bush and Washington.
“North Carolina families are so frustrated because special interests and lobbyists have too much control and the working families have lost their voice in Washington,” Hagan said.
Countered Dole, “Always my roots, my family and my heart have been in...
June 22, 2008
AP: Governor, Senate candidates meet before law group
Associated Press
June 22, 2008
ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C.
GOP Sen. Elizabeth Dole and Democratic challenger Kay Hagan took aim at each other’s legislative records Saturday as the two candidates met for the first time on the same stage.
Following them was the first gubernatorial debate between Democratic Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and Republican Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, which drew out some differences on education and crime prevention.
All four candidates won their respective primaries last month.
“We have not been tough on crime in North Carolina because we’re arresting the same people over and over and over again,” McCrory said at the annual...
June 21, 2008
WWAY: Kay Hagan makes campaign stop in Wilmington
WWAY News Channel 3
June 20 2008
Even though we are not in her district, state Senator Kay Hagan campaigned in Wilmington today.
Hagan is challenging incumbent U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Dole, who was elected in 2002, has a lot more money than Hagan and she has already started spending it on airtime.
Hagan said she plans to get her name out by getting out and meeting people.
“I’m going to go head-to-head with Elizabeth Dole. People are going to know who I am and what I stand for, and they’ll have an opportunity to come see me all across the state,” said Hagan.
Hagan spent most of her time at a gas station in downtown Wilmington.
She...
June 21, 2008
New Bern Sun Journal: Spirited Saturday at Democratic Convention
New Bern Sun Journal
Matt Tessnear
June 21, 2008
Rain and lightning greeted hundreds of democrats who gathered for the party’s state convention Saturday at the Riverfront Convention Center.
Ronnie Ansley, the democratic nominee for state agriculture commissioner, said the weather was a sign the party will rain down on republicans in November.
Party delegates from 94 of the state’s 100 counties attended the afternoon meeting to conduct business, rally behind candidates and select delegates for the national convention in Denver. Jerry Meek, the state party chairman, said this was a great year to hold the convention in New Bern.
“We came to New Bern because we feel Eastern North Carolina has the ability to produce a lot of...
June 18, 2008
AP: Hagan challenges Dole on energy policy
Associated Press
June 18, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. — U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan is opening a new critique of incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Dole, questioning her energy policies as gas prices surge past $4 per gallon.
Hagan will meet with consumers Wednesday at a gas station in Raleigh, talking to motorists about the high cost of gasoline.
The Democratic state senator from Greensboro has called for the repeal of billions of dollars in tax breaks for oil companies and increasing fuel economy standards for vehicles. Hagan’s campaign criticized Dole for voting last week against a measure that would have added a windfall profits tax to oil companies.
Dole had sided with fellow Republicans who said the tax would do nothing...
June 16, 2008
Raleigh News and Observer: Dole feels the heat from Hagan's challenge
Raleigh News and Observer
Under the Dome
Ryan Teague Beckwith, Benjamin Niolet, Bill Krueger, Dan Kane and Bruce Siceloff
June 16, 2008
The Beltway is buzzing about the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole and her Democratic opponent, Kay Hagan.
Hagan, a state senator, met with Washington reporters and bloggers last week in an effort to raise her profile. Her chat with the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza bumped her up a notch to No. 8 in the competitive rankings on his blog, The Fix:
“Dole ( R) knows she is in for a very tough race against state Sen. Kay Hagan (D). Witness her decision to begin running ads in recent days that tout her ability to deliver for the state — ads that never make mention of...
June 14, 2008
Raleigh News and Observer: Ensign: N.C. Senate race 'competitive'
Raleigh News and Observer
Under the Dome
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on June 13, 2008 – 11:21am.
The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee called North Carolina’s race “competitive.”
In a lunch sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington, Sen. John Ensign listed Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s re-election bid against state Sen. Kay Hagan here as among the 10 most competitive races in the country.
The New York Times reported that he was hopeful, however:
And while Mr. Obama’s popularity in North Carolina may alter the landscape there and that its Senate race is definitely on his “watch list,” he praised Senator Elizabeth Dole’s re-election bid and cited her new...
June 14, 2008
Washington Post : "The Fix" Rates North Carolina as Number 8 Senate Race In the Country
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
THE FIX MOVES NORTH CAROLINA TO NUMBER 8
From Chris Cillizza’s Washington Post’s “The Fix” blog
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/06/friday_senate_line_6.html
The Line: When a Small Loss Is Your ‘Best Case Scenario’
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Ensign (Nev.) is nothing if not a realist.
At a luncheon with reporters on Thursday in Washington, Ensign said the best-case scenario for his party in the fall election would be a three-seat loss....
June 11, 2008
Roll Call: North Carolina: Members Back Hagan, Senators Raise Money
Matthew Murray
June 11, 2008
The Tar Heel State’s seven Democratic House Members on Tuesday endorsed state Sen. Kay Hagan (D), who is mounting a promising challenge to first-term Sen. Elizabeth Dole ( R).
Rep. David Price (D) called Hagan “a work horse, not a show horse” and said in a statement that “her commitment to getting things done for North Carolinians is exactly what North Carolina needs in the U.S. Senate: an effective, pragmatic leader committed to getting things done for North Carolinians.”
Hagan said she is “looking forward to working” with the Democratic delegation on her campaign, which may help her in many of the less-populous areas of the state where she is unknown.
“North Carolina’s House Members know all too...
Kay's Events
- A Carolina Family Reunion in Transylvania County
- Jul 26, 2008
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Kay and her family will be in Brevard to meet supporters and enjoy a picnic.
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- Jul 26, 2008
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Join Kay for a Carolina Family Reunion in Sylva.
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