ABC targets Hagan on earmarks

A new mailer targets Kay Hagan on earmarks.

The Associated Builders and Contractors has sent a mailer to North Carolina voters that argues that the Democratic Senate candidate has spent too much on "pet projects" in the legislature.

"With the state's budget in peril and so many hardworking families struggling, these kinds of earmarks and spending policies must stop," it says.

As a Senate budget writer, Hagan was known for directing state money to projects in her home district, although the legislature does not refer to this kind of spending as "earmarks."

The Washington-based group has made two automated calls targeting Hagan over earmarks and the state budget and praising U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole on offshore drilling.

A lobbying group for construction contractors, it is concerned about Hagan's support for a bill that would make it easier to unionize.