Capital Beat’s Mark Binker does a good job of breaking down the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research’s annual legislative effectiveness rankings. I frustrated to see that, in the many news accounts of the Center’s rankings, I never saw U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan’s name. Binker writes:
Kay Hagan, #7. Hagan is an appropriations co-chairman and is ranked right along side of her two colleagues who lead the panel. Once you get past the top two rankings in the Senate (Basnight and Rules Chairman Tony Rand) spots three through 8 are pretty interchangeable.
As for Sen. Katie Dorsett, who’s facing a tough primary against Guilford County Commissioner Bruce Davis, Binker says she “has not pursued the most aggressive personal legislative agenda.”
During an interview with the N&R’s editorial board, Davis said:
“I feel like I’m more of the visionary type, it’s not about the incumbent,” Davis said. But he went on to say, “I think it’s time for a change and it’s time to have a fresh new voice in that seat.”
Pressed to explain his answer, Davis said that he would press other leaders to make changes.
“I don’t know (Ms.) Dorsett, whether she has challenged the state to…put forth any legislation that has — takes care of the needs of District 28,” Davis said. “We have to be about the business of putting forth legislation that addresses some of the critical issues in our legislation. Education, I don’t know if she has put forth any legislation that addresses that need or any other needs.”
This will be an interesting winner-take-all primary.
