The N&O’s Rob Christensen profiles U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan, saying that her voting record in the state Senate is within the Democratic mainstream:
She voted in favor of providing incentives to corporations that provide jobs, she favored the creation of a state lottery, and she voted for a two-year moratorium on executions. She voted against a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages because there is already a state law against it.
Hagan also looks after local business interests. She helped shave back a proposed increase in the cigarette tax in 2005 — from the 45 cents a pack proposed by Gov. Mike Easley to 30 cents a pack. Lorillard Tobacco Co. employed 2,500 workers in Greensboro at the time.
