• Elizabeth Dole is a former U.S. Senator representing North Carolina and the wife of former Republican presidential candidate and Senator Bob Dole. On November 4, 2008, Dole lost her seat to Democratic State Senator Kay Hagan.Reuters: Democrat takes Senate seat in North Carolina

• 1. Born: July 29, 1936
  2. Birthplace: Salisbury, North Carolina
  3. Birthname: Mary Elizabeth Hanford
  4. Assumed office: January 7, 2003
  5. Party: Republican
  6. Spouse: Bob Dole
  7. Alma mater: Duke University, Oxford University, Harvard University
  8. Previous position held: Secretary of labor
  9. Dole won the senate seat previously held by Jesse Helms
  10. Former head of the Red Cross

• Early Life

  Dole earned her master's degree in education in 1960, and five years later earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She met Bob Dole in 1972 and married him three years later. Dole worked in the White House during both the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations.Official Website: Elizabeth Dole Biography

• Political Career

  1. 1983-1987: 8th U.S. Secretary of Transportation
  2. 1989-1990: 20th U.S. Secretary of Labor
  3. 2003-present: North Carolina Senator

  Dole was a member of four Senate committees:

  1. Armed Services
  2. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  3. Select Committee on Aging
  4. Small Business and Entrepreneurship

• Election 2008

  Senator Elizabeth Dole was in a heated battle with Democratic State Senator Kay Hagan to win a second term in office. In October 2008, she began running ads in North Carolina accusing Hagan of taking funds from the "Godless Americans" political action committee. Hagan, who called the ad "fabricated" and "pathetic," filed a defamation lawsuit against Dole and eventually won the election.TIME: Races to Watch: Dole's Hail-Mary Ad in North Carolina (November 3, 2008)

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