Kay Hagan, soccer mom?

Are soccer moms making a comeback?

State Sen. Kay Hagan, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has co-sponsored three different bills related to soccer in the past two years.

One 2007 bill honored the UNC-Chapel Hill women's soccer team's 2006 national championship. Another bill invited the women players to the legislature for recognition. And a third bill filed this session would create special "Support Soccer" license plates.

Hagan, a 54-year-old mother of three, has been described as a "soccer mom from Greensboro" by both the N&O and the Charlotte Observer, as her daughter Carrie plays the sport. And in 1999, she led a fundraising effort for new soccer fields in Greensboro.

When Republicans proposed a redistricting plan that would have put her in a heavily Republican area in 2001, then state Sen. Brad Miller jokingly noted how it would affect her.

"I think under this plan, it would be easier (for you) to make it to your child's soccer games," he said.

Her Republican opponent, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, is no slouch in the soccer department either, co-sponsoring a 2007 resolution commending Wake Forest University's men's team.

Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated Miller's position at the time.