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- Winner: Kay Hagan
- Kay Hagan
- Elizabeth Dole
- Senate election on November 4, 2008
- Polls open: 6:30 am to 7:30 pm
- Candidates: Elizabeth Dole (R), Kay Hagan (D)
- Opinion polls prior to election showed Hagan in the leadPollster.com: 2008 North Carolina Senate General Election Polls
- Hagan is a five-term North Carolina State Senator
- Hagan is niece of onetime Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Lawton ChilesWinston-Salem Journal: Dole, Hagan attack each other's stands on the issues (October 27, 2008)
- Dole is North Carolina's first female Senator, elected in 2002
- Dole worked in the administrations of Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
- Dole is the wife of former Senator and Presidential candidate Bob Dole
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In traditionally conservative North Carolina, Republican incumbent Elizabeth "Liddy" Dole faced a strong challenge from Democrat Kay Hagan for her seat in the U.S. Senate. Polls conducted immediately prior to the race showed Hagan with an edge of around four percentage points.Pollster.com: 2008 North Carolina Senate General Election Polls The campaign produced a major controversy in October when Dole released an ad linking Hagan to the secularist group Godless Americans. Hagan, who is a Christian, decried the ad as "the lowest of the low."News-Record: Hagan incensed by Dole’s 'Godless’ ad (October 29, 2008) Hagan eventually went on to win the race and unseat the incumbent Dole.
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North Carolina Senate Race Results Questions
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North Carolina Senate Race Polls and Exit Polls
- Pollster.com: 2008 North Carolina Senate General Election Polls
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