Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 4, 2008. The Senate election coincided with the presidential, U.S. House elections, gubernatorial, Council of State, and statewide judicial elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by State Senator Kay Hagan, a Democrat. The November general election was the first time in North Carolina history, and only the eighth time in U.S. history, that two women were the major-party opponents for a U.S. Senate seat.