Hagan says her 10 years mean she’s ready to roll
Monday, March 31st, 2008
By Staff
The state senator says she wants to send Elizabeth Dole home.
By Mark Binker
Staff Writer
FAYETTEVILLE - State Sen. Kay Hagan stood among friends — about 1,000 teachers and principals — at the N.C. Association of Educators convention in Fayetteville this month .
The politically potent teachers group had already endorsed Hagan, one of two leading Democrats who want to take on U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, a Republican, this fall.
"We have the opportunity this year to elect someone who I know will be accessible to us because she's been accessible to us already," said Eddie Davis, the group's president. Unlike Dole, who has not met with the group in recent memory, Hagan's door has been open, Davis said.
Hagan is Senate Appropriations Committee co-chairwoman, a powerful budget-writing post, so she can take a share of the credit for securing pay raises for NCAE members last year. (more…)
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