Hagan, Kay, 1953-2019

Kay Ruthven Hagan (May 26, 1953-October 28, 2019) was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the North Carolina Senate from 1999 to 2009. By defeating Republican Elizabeth Dole in the 2008 election, she became the first woman to defeat an incumbent woman in a U.S. Senate election.

Born Janet Kay Ruthven in Shelby, North Carolina, she spent most of her childhood in Lakeland, Florida, graduating from Lakeland Senior High School in 1971 before earning a B.A. degree from Florida State University in 1975 and a J.D. degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1978, later pursuing a career as both an attorney and banker. She eventually became a vice president of the North Carolina National Bank.

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