I don’t intend to use this blog for political statements in general. But, Yippee! One of my all-time favorite people in the world, Kay Hagan, has just had a decisive victory in the Primary in North Carolina. She will be running against Elizabeth Dole in the general election in November for the United States Senate. I used to work for Elizabeth Dole when she was the Secretary of Transportation. I have worked side-by-side with and on every one of Senator Kay Hagan’s (she is currently a NC General Assembly Senator - and the powerful co-chair of the Appropriations Committee of the NC Senate) campaigns and have worked with her on countless issues and projects.
I can’t recount all of the moist-eyed TarHeels who have told me the most gut-wrenching stories about how Kay, through pure grit, made sure that they or their families were safe or protected because of something Kay did personally for them or an action she took as an elected official. There are several people who owe their families to Kay. When nobody in Washington, DC would listen or answer their calls when they were stuck in other countries with neglected children that they were adopting and the US Customs wouldn’t allow the children into the United States, Kay, according to each of these mothers’ stories, would personally call officials in the middle of the night and rattle cages until these parents could safely whisk these young children, who had been through enough, into this country and into safety. Kay never tells these stories herself, I’d hear them from the families or friends. It’s just what Kay does.
Kay Hagan talks to North Carolinians
Kay doesn’t run from a fight in which she has the moral high ground. She doesn’t talk out of both sides of her mouth. I’ve known her for years. If she says she’s going to show up somewhere, by gosh, it doesn’t matter if there is a Tsunami, she is there and she is ready.
She bleeds Carolina Blue (which includes Duke blue, since she has children who have attended UNC and Duke). Another cool thing she has going for her is that her husband can vote for her! Unfortunately, her opponent’s husband won’t be voting for his wife…they don’t live in North Carolina and he’s a registered voter in Kansas.
This is a really exciting night for me and for North Carolina! Go Kay!
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