As chair of NRSC, Dole accepted more than $230K from Stevens’ Committees

State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate Kay Hagan’s campaign today called on Elizabeth Dole to return $21,000 she personally received from indicted Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) between 2001 and 2007.

According to the indictment, Stevens “knowingly and willfully engaged in a scheme to conceal a material fact” covering up the gifts he received from an Alaskan oil company in return for his help on funding, grant and contract requests for the firm.

Strong fundraising positions Hagan to aggressively take on Dole

Kay Hagan’s U.S. Senate campaign today announced that Kay has raised more than $1.6 million in the second quarter of the year, strongly positioning her to aggressively take on Elizabeth Dole. The fundraising total leaves the campaign with $1.2 million cash on hand.

“This extremely strong fundraising total will enable us to aggressively compete with Elizabeth Dole and spread Kay’s message to as many North Carolinians as possible,” said Hagan Communications Director Colleen Flanagan. “Combined with a strong, grassroots program and an intense campaign schedule which continues to take Kay from one end of the state to the other to talk about her ideas to fix what’s broken in Washington, Elizabeth Dole’s days as a U.S. Senator are numbered.”

Keeping Our Promises to Veterans
Guest Editorial by Senator Kay Hagan

GREENSBORO, NC- State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate Kay Hagan (D-Guilford) today urged Congress to come up with a solution to ensure that a 10 percent cut in reimbursements for doctors who care for Medicare patients is not realized when Medicare begins processing these claims in two weeks.

Kay is a strong supporter of our men and women in uniform.

Kay comes from a military family herself. Her father-in-law is a retired Major General in the Marine Corps, her father and brother served in the military, her husband is a Vietnam veteran, and she has two nephews who are currently serving our country on active duty. Kay hears first- hand the issues and concerns facing our veterans here in North Carolina.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – State Senator and U.S. Senate Nominee Kay Hagan (D-Guilford) was in Raleigh today to talk to consumers about the drastic increase in the price of gas. When Elizabeth Dole took office in 2003, the average price of gas was $1.52 per gallon. Earlier this week average prices skyrocketed to a record $4.08 per gallon. Kay is prepared to advocate for hardworking North Carolinians who need a break at the pump, and today she met local drivers at the Glenwood Village Exxon to learn first-hand about how record gas prices are affecting these individuals and their families.