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Elizabeth Dole

Elizabeth Dole
By Jessica Jones

Republican Elizabeth Dole is North Carolina's first female senator. She was elected in 2002. A Harvard Law School graduate, Dole is a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, among others.

Born in Salisbury, Dole attended Duke University as an undergraduate. She received her J.D. from Harvard in 1965. Dole worked in the Nixon White House and later, President Ronald Reagan appointed her Secretary of Transportation. She was Secretary of Labor under President George H.W. Bush and subsequently headed the American Red Cross.

Dole is married to Bob Dole, former U.S. Senator from Kansas and Republican nominee for President in 1996.

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Elizabeth Dole Profile

Monday, October 27 2008 by Jessica Jones | Send to a friend

This week we’ll be airing a series of profiles on many of North Carolina’s candidates for public office. We’ve heard a lot about their politics this election season. But this week we’re trying to get to know them on a personal level too. Jessica Jones begins our series with a profile of Senator Elizabeth Dole, a Republican incumbent who’s fighting to hang onto her seat in the U.S. Senate.