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Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
By Jessica Jones
Kay Hagan is the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate. An attorney, she is currently serving her fifth term in North Carolina's Senate, where she represents the state's 27th district. Hagan became a co-chairwoman of the State Senate Appropriations Committee in 2003.
She was raised in a political family: her uncle, Lawton Chiles, was the governor of Florida and a U.S. Senator. Her father, Lawton Chiles, served as the mayor of Lakeland, Florida. As an adult, Hagan served as Guilford County campaign manager for Governor Jim Hunt before entering politics herself.
Hagan spent most of her childhood in Florida. She graduated from Florida State University with a degree in American Studies in 1975. She met her husband, attorney Chip Hagan, while they were both in law school at Wake Forest University.
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Kay Hagan Profile
Tuesday, October 28 2008 by Jessica Jones | 
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Today we continue our series on some of North Carolina’s candidates running for office with a look at Democratic state senator Kay Hagan. Hagan is a ten-year veteran of North Carolina’s senate who rose quickly to become one of its most prominent members. Now she’s challenging Republican Elizabeth Dole for her seat in the U.S Senate. Jessica Jones reports.
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Meet Kay Hagan
Tuesday, April 29 2008 by Frank Stasio and Olympia Stone | 
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Kay Hagan has represented Greensboro in the North Carolina senate for five terms. Over that time, she has established a reputation for being pro-education and pro-business. She is often described as “tenacious” and as a “fighter,” but Democratic challenger Jim Neal calls her “an ambitious career politician” who is “Republican Lite.” North Carolina State Senator Kay Hagan joins host Frank Stasio to share her life story and her political track record.
