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Greensboro News & Record: “She can become an outstanding U.S. senator”


Over the past few months, North Carolinians have gotten to know Kay Hagan — mother of three, proud wife of a Vietnam veteran, accomplished businesswoman and an effective leader in Raleigh.

Kay has stood up for North Carolina’s working families in the state Senate for a decade. Now as more people learn about Kay, the more they realize “she can become an outstanding U.S. senator.” The Greensboro News & Record agrees.

See below for some excerpts from today’s papers to see for yourself:


Editorial: Hagan’s Track Record Recommends Election (10/5/08)

For years, Kay Hagan has been Guilford County’s go-to state senator in Raleigh. Smart, energetic and well-connected, she’s drawn high ratings for effectiveness…
Hagan, 55, has worked vigorously on behalf of Greensboro interests as well, while becoming a leader in forging statewide spending priorities.

What she has done in Raleigh, she’s ready to do in Washington. She deserves election to the U.S. Senate seat held by Elizabeth Dole, 72…

Hagan, if elected, may be exactly the right replacement. She’s responsive to constituents, communicates well, works hard, comprehends complex issues, makes good decisions and is not content to be average. She can become an outstanding U.S. senator. With appreciation for Dole’s service, voters should give Hagan the chance to take her talents to Washington.

> Read the entire editorial here.


Hagan known for energy, involvement (10/5/08)
By Jim Morrill

Kay Hagan already knows the ups and downs of the U.S. Senate.

During a Capitol internship in the mid-‘70s, she operated the bronze elevator that ferried senators to and from the chamber. Squeezing inside were members such as Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden and her uncle, Lawton Chiles of Florida.

At the controls, the senator’s niece daydreamed about a political career of her own.

“You aspire to it,” she says. “It’s infectious.”

Now the Greensboro Democrat wants to return to Washington.

Hagan, 55, is challenging Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole in one of the country’s highest-profile contests…

Hagan, once little-known outside Greensboro and Raleigh, is running hard.
Genetically energetic, she’s an exercise junkie who loves yoga and Pilates and early-morning runs.

She was a middle-school cheerleader, president of a high school service club, a lifeguard, piano student and ballet dancer who once led 300 costumed dancers through the streets of Disney World. As a civic activist in Greensboro and later state senator, she juggled committee meetings with soccer games and Girl Scouts…

“The campaign in that sense is a projection of who she is and her style,” says Sen. Dan Clodfelter, a Charlotte Democrat. “It’s a very high-energy campaign.”…
Like the crowded Senate elevators, she likes to pack a lot in.

“I like to get a lot done in one day,” she says. “But I also like to have a good time doing it.”

> Read the entire article here.

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