N.C. Kay Hagan
Dear Fellow Democrats,



I wanted to take the time today to write you all and
make sure you are familiar with our nominee for
the U.S. Senate. Kay Hagan is a current state
senator from Greensboro, who has spent the
last 10 years fighting for North Carolinians. Her
record in Raleigh is one of results. She helped
lead the way in Raleigh to raise the minimum
wage, increase teacher pay, provide equipment
for our National Guardsmen and, as the co‐chair
of the Appropriations Committee, has produced
five balanced budgets. She was recently ranked
one of the top 10 most effective state senators for
the third term in a row. You need only look at
what kind of state senator she has been to know
what kind of U.S. senator she’ll be.



Kay is running for the U.S. Senate because she
knows, as you do, that Washington is broken.
Politicians like Elizabeth Dole spend too much
time taking care of special interests and
lobbyists to the detriment of working class
families across our state. With new leadership,
we can make college more affordable, make
healthcare for working families available and
keep our promises to our veterans. Kay also
knows that we need a new energy policy that
gets gas prices under control, invests in
renewable energy sources and creates good,
clean jobs right here at home.



Elizabeth Dole is ineffective, recently ranked
number 93 out of 100 senators in terms of
effectiveness and power, and she has voted with
President Bush 92% of the time. All that time in
Washington, all that name recognition and star
power, and she is only more powerful than seven
other Senators! We need to elect a new senator
who is actually from North Carolina and can
represent our needs—not the needs of the
special interests in Washington.



I hope that you will visit her Web site, sign up for
her e-mail list and learn more about Kay’s
campaign. We have a real chance this year, with
Kay Hagan as the Democratic nominee, to send
Liddy Dole back to Kansas with Bob. I hope that
you will join me in my enthusiasm for this great
candidate.



Thank you,



Joel Ford

Chair, Mecklenburg County Democratic Party
Support Kay Hagan for U.S.
Senator