Hampstead Democrat files for U.S. Senate, giving Hagan a primary

Port City Daily, February 24, 2014

The candidate field continues to expand as filing for the 2014 elections enters its final week.

New in the mix is Will Stewart, a Hampstead-based Democrat who filed Monday for U.S. Senate–meaning incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan, also a Democrat, will face a primary in May. Four Republicans had previously filed for that seat: Mark Harris of Charlotte, Heather Grant of Wilkesboro, Ted Alexander of Shelby, and Greg Brannon of Cary.

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THE MANY FACES OF KAY

Priorities NC, February 14, 2014

The Wall Street Journal has noticed the ever evolving senator from North Carolina:

Defying physics, ObamaCare has managed to create energies where none existed before: confusion over policies, anger over lost doctors, panic over costs. Most amazing has been the law’s ability to produce entirely new Washington life forces. The scientific formula goes like this: Another day + Another ObamaCare disaster = A New Kay Hagan.

And Kimberlay Strassel was just getting started saying calling her out in a number of ways.

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#NCSEN: The sock puppet grasps for straws

The Daily Haymaker, by Brant Clifton, February 14, 2014

Poor Kay Hagan.  She’s apparently laying awake at night worrying about these Koch Brothers.  Who are they?  What do they have to do with all of this rampant unemployment and cancellation of health insurance policies?  Were they the guys who pulled her hair in grade school?  Were they the guys that laughed at her when she invited them to the Sadie Hawkins Dance?

Nope.  They are libertarian-minded wealthy donors to a lot of free-market oriented causes.  But to hear Kay tell it — and boy does she —  these guys are trying to destroy her and take over the world.  It’s so much easier to talk about two guys you’ve never heard of who can’t even vote in the 2014 US Senate race in North Carolina than to talk about your abysmal voting record that has drifted to the left of even Harry Reid. 

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Washington Republicans help fill Tillis’ war chest

Charlotte Observer, Jim Morrill, February 10, 2014

Cornelius Republican Thom Tillis has added 10 more U.S. senators and more than a dozen state lawmakers to the list of donors to his Senate campaign, according to a new campaign report.

Tillis has raised $1.8 million, more than three times any GOP opponent. However, he trails Sen. Kay Hagan, who raised $9.9 million last year.

Tillis’ nearest Republican competitor financially is Greg Brannon, a Cary physician who raised $524,500.

Charlotte pastor Mark Harris, who Monday picked up the endorsement of a candidate who just left the race, raised $406,000, according to his campaign. He has nearly $206,000 on hand, more than Brannon.

Tillis, speaker of the N.C. House, continued to benefit from support of GOP congressional leaders. Earlier donations came from the political action committees of House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

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#NCSEN: Apparently, what was BAD for Liddy Dole is O-KAY for Kay

The Daily Haymaker, by Brant Clifton • February 7, 2014 

Democrats in DC and in Raleigh are working overtime to pull Senator Sock Puppet’s chestnuts out of the fire. They’ve put out this spin about Kay Hagan being one of the most moderate voices in DC — because she only votes with Barry Obama 96 percent of the time.  Over at The N&O, John Drescher’s shih-tzu ran with that spin like it was a little rubber ball.

My, how times change.  In 2008, when state senator and Democrat US Senate nominee Kay Hagan was running against incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole,  ol’ Kay had this to say: 

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#NCSEN: Giving Kay a helping hand

The Daily Haymaker by Brant Clifton, January 21, 2014

Yep.  You read that right.  You can just imagine that –when you’re scurrying all over the nation scooping up special interest money — it can be a challenge to find time to sit down and properly fill out your campaign finance disclosure forms. 

Well, being the southern gentlemen we are here, we thought we’d take a moment to help out our state’s junior US senator in this area.  Cecilia Boone of Austin, TX is listed on Senator Sock Puppet’s financial disclosure form as not having an employer and being “a homemaker.”Actually, a simple Google search helped me discover that Ms. Boone — who donated $2600 to Hagan on May 7 — is the chairman of Planned Parenthood Foundation of America.  Yep — ground zero for The Abortion Fan Club.™  

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#NCSEN: Lobbyists, professors, lawyers, Vegas & Hollywood types. Oh My!

The Daily Haymaker, by Brant Clifton, January 8, 2014

Yep.  That title pretty well sums up most of the folks who forked over cash to US Senator Kay Hagan’s campaign war chest.  It’s a little hard to track Hagan’s campaign money.  She’s got at least five different entities raising money on her behalf — The Longleaf Pine PAC, Kay Hagan Senate Victory (KHSV), The Hagan Victory Fund, Hagan for US Senate, and the Hagan Coons Victory Fund.

KHSV is a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) operation.  The Hagan Victory Fund and the Hagan Coons Victory Fund are both being run out of the same Washington, DC office building.  (“Coons” is Chris Coons, who was elected by Delaware voters to replace Joe Biden in the US Senate.)  Hagan for US Senate is based in Greensboro, and the Longleaf Pine PAC is Hagan’s leadership PAC. 

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Tell Kay Hagan ObamaCare Hurts North Carolina

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#NCSEN Brannon: Stop hijacking the term ‘conservative’

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Cary physician Greg Brannon, Tea Party favorite and one of the leading contenders for the GOP nomination for US Senate, told a Moore County audience last night about one of his pet peeves:

”Boy, this word ‘conservative’ is quite popular.  Every election year, you see and hear it all over the place.  A lot of people on the campaign trail talk about how conservative they are. But after they get elected, they forget about all of that stuff.  Thom Tillis has the word ‘conservative’ all over his campaign literature and web site.  But he’s voted for and supported toll roads, government-funded light rail, mandates and common core.  If that’s what passes for conservative these days, count me out.  My view on conservatism is one of strict adherence to The Constitution as well as stripping power from the government and giving it back to the people.”

Brannon also showed some skepticism about Tillis’ claims of being a fighter against ObamaCare in the legislature:

“Sure, the general assembly blocked the establishment of a state exchange.  But due to a lack of familiarity with The Constitution, they left the door open for federal exchanges.  Legislatures in Alabama and South Carolina passed laws making it illegal for anyone to come into their states and try to implement ObamaCare. If those states could do that, why couldn’t our leaders here in North Carolina do the same? Stopping short in the fight against ObamaCare allowed the feds to come in here, get ObamaCare rolling, force average premiums to increase 300 percent, and cause a whole lot of people to lose their insurance. Our legislators owe the people of North Carolina a good explanation as to why they stopped short of finishing that fight.”

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