Claims Department: U.S. Senate Race
Ryan Teague Beckwith
News & Observer's Under The Dome Blog
August 18, 2008
WHAT THE AD SAYS
AUDIO: Narrator: "An independent voice. Kay Hagan. Former vice president at North Carolina's largest bank. Then a decade in the state Senate, reaching across party lines to ban driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, balance five state budgets in a row, expand early childhood education and raise teacher pay. Now the U.S. Senate needs a leader who'll finally put independent thinking and middle-class families before the Washington special interests." Hagan: "I'm Kay Hagan, and I approve this message." ...
IS THE AD ACCURATE?
Mostly, but its account of Hagan's role on the driver's license bill is overstated and inaccurate. Though she voted for the measure, she did not play a key role and did not reach "across party lines." The ad also overstates her balancing of the budget, which is required by law.
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NC Press Calls Hagan Claim "Overstated And Inaccurate"
NRSC Press Office
August 19, 2008
Fact check labels Hagan's claim on her record as "inaccurate"
WASHINGTON, DC -- Democrat Senate candidate Kay Hagan is up with a new television ad in her race against Elizabeth Dole. In the ad, Hagan talks about her record as a state Senator. And apparently, Hagan is willing to stretch the truth.
According to Hagan's ad, Hagan spent "a decade in the state Senate, reaching across party lines to ban driver's licenses for illegal immigrants..."
A fact check by the News & Observer, however, claims otherwise. The paper calls her claim "overstated and inaccurate." (News & Observer, 8/18/08)
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