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 commercials.
The Politico adds that Ensign also said “Obama’s liberal agenda might help politically vulnerable GOP senators such as Elizabeth Dole.”
Ensign replaced Dole as the chair of the senatorial committee.
