POLITICIAN

Kay Hagan

1953 - 2019

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Janet Kay Hagan (née Ruthven; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kay Hagan has received more than 872,939 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Kay Hagan is the 18,918th most popular politician (down from 17,135th in 2019), the 16,825th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,882nd in 2019) and the 1,338th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kay Hagan ranks 18,918 out of 19,576Before her are Raúl Grijalva, Bennie Thompson, Ewa Björling, Benjamin Darbelet, Krista Kiuru, and Ralf Krewinkel. After her are Amanda Lind, Alexandrina Cabral, Duncan Hunter, Yang Yong-eun, Hevrin Khalaf, and Danny Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kay Hagan ranks 704Before her are Daniel T. Barry, Victor Davis Hanson, Michael Wolff, Gregory Meeks, Geoff Hoon, and Louie Gohmert. After her are Hilary Benn, Dennis Daugaard, Junior Bridgeman, Luther Strange, Ed Perlmutter, and Ron Wright. Among people deceased in 2019, Kay Hagan ranks 620Before her are Fritz Hollings, Sergey Pogorelov, Detsl, Walter Martínez, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Aron Eisenberg. After her are Hevrin Khalaf, Bjorg Lambrecht, Isaac Promise, Don Imus, Polly Higgins, and Maximilian Reinelt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kay Hagan ranks 16,825 out of 20,380Before her are Aron Eisenberg (1969), Rob Delaney (1977), Alex Wolff (1997), Ben Shelton (2002), Gregory J. Harbaugh (1956), and Josh Stamberg (1970). After her are Tom Dwan (1986), Jacob Pitts (1979), Zachary Knighton (1978), Kadeem Hardison (1965), TobyMac (1964), and Duncan Hunter (1948).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Kay Hagan ranks 1,338Before her are John Lynch (1952), Kevin P. Chilton (1954), Patrick McHenry (1975), Tim Pawlenty (1960), Raúl Grijalva (1948), and Bennie Thompson (1948). After her are Duncan Hunter (1948), Danny Davis (1941), Josh Hawley (1979), Tom Tancredo (1945), David Bernhardt (1969), and Mark Begich (1962).