Kay Hagan
Janet Kay Ruthven Hagan (/ˈheɪɡən/; born May 26, 1953) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. Previously she served in the North Carolina Senate from 1999 to 2009. She is a member of the Democratic Party. When Hagan defeated Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole in the 2008 United States Senate election, she became the first woman to defeat an incumbent woman in a Senate election. Hagan ran for re-election in 2014 in what was considered one of the toughest reelection bids in the country, facing Republican Thom Tillis. Hagan was defeated by Tillis on November 4, 2014.