10 Things You Didn't Know About Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan wins a Senate seat in North Carolina.
1. Kay Hagan was born on May 26, 1953, in Shelby, N.C. Her father, Joe Ruthven, was a tire salesman and her mother, Jeanette Chiles Ruthven, was a homemaker. The family moved to Florida when Kay was a child. Her father later became the mayor of Lakeland, Fla.
2. As a child, Hagan spent summers on her grandparents' farm in Chesterfield, S.C., where she would help string tobacco and harvest watermelons.
3. Hagan graduated in 1975 with B.A. in American studies from Florida State University and returned to North Carolina to attend law school at Wake Forest University, where she met her future husband, Chip Hagan.
4. After graduating from law school, she began her professional career as an attorney for North Carolina National Bank (now Bank of America). Eventually she was made a vice president of the bank.
5. In the '70s, she was an intern at the Capitol, where she operated an elevator that carried senators to and from the chamber.
6. Her uncle, Lawton Chiles—who the family referred to as Uncle Bud—served as the governor and a U.S. senator for Florida. Chiles, famous for walking across Florida during his Senate campaign, walked the district with Hagan during her 1998 state senate campaign.
7. She and her husband, attorney Chip Hagan, have three children—Tilden, Jeanette, and Carrie. Tilden is a Duke alumnus and will be attending medical school; Jeanette is pursuing a doctorate in geology at Cal Tech, and Carrie attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
8. Hagan began her political career as a county campaign manager for Jim Hunt's gubernatorial bid. In 1998, she was elected to the state senate, representing the 32nd District (due to redistricting, it's now the 27th District).
9. According to the Greensboro News & Record, Hagan's favorite movie is Das Boot.
10. A former ballet dancer, Hagan is an exercise fanatic who enjoys running, backpacking, yoga, and Pilates.
Sources:
- Charlotte Observer
- News & Record
- The New Republic
- The Ledger
- National Journal
Reader Comments
Health Care Reform
Am interested to find out where you stand on Health Care Reform.
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2. Are you for increasing taxes on small business to pay for it?
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Auto bailout
I can't imagine how those carpetbaggers there in Washington D.C. could be so damn stupid as to give all those billions of taxpayer dollars to the CEO's of the auto industry who we all know will find a way to line their own pockets with most of the money. Anybody with a lick of sense would have offered the citizens of this country a certificate worth about $30,000 to buy a new 2008 American auto. This would not only have stimulated the economy but gotten rid of all those unsold American cars setting on lots that people could not afford to buy. The money would have filtered back up to the auto makers to keep them in business. People would have more efficient cars which would have cut down on gas usage. Can you see the logic in that?
I didn't vote for you because I am very conservative when it comes to spending money and I have never seen a Democrat that did not like to raise taxes and spend taxpayers money and now that the Democrats dominate Congress and the Presidency, I am sure that the working poor and retired can only look forward to really dire times for the next four years.
Auto bailout
I can't imagine how those carpetbaggers there in Washington D.C. could be so damn stupid as to give all those billions of taxpayer dollars to the CEO's of the auto industry who we all know will find a way to line their own pockets with most of the money. Anybody with a lick of sense would have offered the citizens of this country a certificate worth about $30,000 to buy a new 2008 American auto. This would not only have stimulated the economy but gotten rid of all those unsold American cars setting on lots that people could not afford to buy. The money would have filtered back up to the auto makers to keep them in business. People would have more efficient cars which would have cut down on gas usage. Can you see the logic in that?
I didn't vote for you because I am very conservative when it comes to spending money and I have never seen a Democrat that did not like to raise taxes and spend taxpayers money and now that the Democrats dominate Congress and the Presidency, I am sure that the working poor and retired can only look forward to really dire times for the next four years.
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