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Gidley goes to Huckabee team

janestancill — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:47:14 -0500

Hogan Gidley, communications director for Elizabeth Dole's 2008 Senate campaign, has gone to work as executive director of HuckPAC, the political committee tied to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Dole not ready to concede

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:41:57 -0500

Sen. Elizabeth Dole's spokesman, Hogan Gidley, said she isn't calling quits anytime soon, even though several news outlets already have called the race for her opponent, Kay Hagan.

"If I believed Fox News, CBS and WRAL, we'd be talking about Al Gore as president right now," Gidley said. "We don't fall for this kind of stuff... We expect that checkmark to move over to the Dole box."

McCrory appealin' for Palin

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:58:42 -0400

Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, the Republican nominee for governor, may have stayed out of camera range when President Bush came to Raleigh but McCrory's happy to line up a photo opportunity with their party's nominee for vice president.

The dog that barked

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:10:30 -0400

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole's latest ad is getting some attention.

The ad's image of Democratic rival Kay Hagan as a yipping dog was analyzed on The Plank, a blog run by The New Republic magazine.

Claims Dept: Dole on 'Fibber Kay'

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:20:08 -0400

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has a new ad attacking her Democratic rival, Kay Hagan.

What the ad says: The ad begins with images of a small dog barking and jumping at a fence. Narrator: "They call her 'Fibber Kay Hagan.' Fib after fib, she tries to turn us against Elizabeth Dole. But we know Elizabeth has been consistently voted one of the 10 most admired women in the world. Her clout works wonders for North Carolina. So bark away Fibber Kay. That dog don't hunt." Dole: "I'm Elizabeth Dole and I approve this message." Text on the screen says Dole "saved jobs," "saved bases," "saved farmers" and "helped sheriffs."

Dole ties attack ad to labor money

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:48:16 -0400

Two labor groups recently donated to Majority Action.

The Service Employees International Union's Political Education and Action Fund gave $200,000 in May, the SEIU's NYS Political Action Fund gave $150,000 in June and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union gave $100,000 in June.

Dole, Hagan back 'Gang of 10' plan

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:53:38 -0400

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole and Democratic rival Kay Hagan both back the "Gang of 10."

The two rivals in the North Carolina Senate race both say they support a compromise energy proposal put forward on Friday by a bipartisan group of 10 senators.

Dole returns Stevens donations

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:44:06 -0400

Hours after Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was indicted today, his GOP colleague Sen. Elizabeth Dole sent his money to charity.

Dole donated $10,000 from her campaign to the Society of St. Andrew, a Christian anti-hunger organization, to equal the cash received this cycle from Stevens' political action committee, Barb Barrett reports.

Hagan, Dole battle for vets

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:06:25 -0400

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan spent nearly an hour today listening to Charlotte-area veterans talk about their problems getting health care and other benefits.

One told her about having to get up at 3 a.m. to catch a Greyhound bus to the V.A. hospital in Salisbury. Another talked about the 14,000 pending claims by N.C. veterans backlogged at a V.A. office in Salisbury, Jim Morrill reports.

Dole announces new chief fundraiser

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:10:07 -0400

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has a new chief fundraiser for her re-election campaign.

J. Sam Daniels left the campaign about a month ago, Dole's campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said Tuesday. Daniels had served as finance director for about two months and had previously been the campaign manager, David Ingram reports.