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Kay Hagan

Kay Hagan
Personal data
Date of birthMay 26, 1953(age 62)
Place of birthShelby, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseChip Hagan
ResidenceGreensboro
Alma materFlorida State University (B.A.)
Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D.)
ProfessionAttorney, Banker
ReligionPresbyterian
Assumed officeJanuary 3, 2009
Serving with Richard Burr
Preceded byElizabeth Dole
North Carolina State Senator
from the 27th district
In officeJanuary 29, 2003 - January 6, 2009
Succeeded byDon Vaughan
Preceded byJohn Garwood
North Carolina State Senator
from the 32nd district
In officeJanuary 27, 1999 - January 29, 2003
Succeeded byLinda Garrou
Preceded byJohn Blust

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Kay Ruthven Hagan (c-eniconˈheɪɡən; born May 26, 1953) is the junior United States Senator from North Carolina and a member of the Democratic Party. Previously, she was in the North Carolina Senate.

When Hagan defeated Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole in the 2008 United States Senate election, she became the first woman to defeat a female incumbent in a Senate election.


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