Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole is an American attorney,author,and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served in five presidential administrations,including as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1987 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan's successor,George H. W. Bush,from 1989 until 1990. Dole then left government to serve as president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999;she departed from that position to seek the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election but eventually withdrew from the race.
Janet Kay Hagan 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. She ran for reelection in 2014 but lost to Republican Thom Tillis,Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives,in a close race.
Chris Cole is a Libertarian Party activist in North Carolina. He has run unsuccessfully for a number of local,state,and federal offices. In 2008,it was thought that his candidacy might act as a spoiler in what was expected to be a close U.S. Senate race.
The United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina is a federal district court which covers the western third of North Carolina.
SouthPark is an area edge city in Charlotte,North Carolina,United States. Its name is derived from the upscale SouthPark Mall,which opened on February 12,1970. At nearly 1.8 million square feet,SouthPark Mall is the largest shopping mall in Charlotte and all of the Carolinas. The area is geographically centered at the intersection of Fairview Road and Sharon Road in the south central sector of the city,about six miles south of Uptown Charlotte. In addition to being home to the mall,SouthPark is also a residential area and one of the larger business districts in Charlotte.
The North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) is the North Carolina affiliate of the Democratic Party. It is headquartered in the historic Goodwin House,located in Raleigh.
The 2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on Tuesday,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 Kay Hagan.
Alston &Bird LLP is an American multinational law firm with over 800 lawyers in 13 offices throughout the United States,Europe,the UK,and Asia. The firm provides legal services to both domestic and international clients who conduct business worldwide. Alston &Bird has advised companies including Amazon.com,The Coca-Cola Company,Microsoft,Bank of America,Starbucks,Toyota,Dell,UPS,and Nokia. Since 2000,Fortune has ranked the firm in the 100 Best Companies to Work For list. The firm's core practices include intellectual property,complex litigation,corporate and tax,with national industry focusing on energy and sustainability,health care,financial services,and public policy.
Robert James "Bob" Conrad Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2013 and was a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to take the place of the retired James Dickson Phillips Jr. He previously served as a member of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 2016 to 2020.
Ryan Townsend Butler is an American politician and filmmaker. He directed the first documentary about same-sex marriage to air on national television in the United States,is the former president of the LGBT Democrats of North Carolina and is a former member of the Democratic National Committee.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in North Carolina since October 10,2014,when a U.S. District Court judge ruled in General Synod of the United Church of Christ v. Cooper that the state's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples was unconstitutional. Governor Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper had acknowledged that a recent ruling in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal in that case established the unconstitutionality of North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage. State legislators sought without success to intervene in lawsuits to defend the state's ban on same-sex marriage. North Carolina was the 28th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
The 2012 North Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 United States presidential election,U.S. House election,statewide judicial election,Council of State election and various local elections.
Jenny Anne Durkan is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor,and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Seattle,Washington. She is the daughter of Martin Durkan. Durkan is a member of the Democratic Party. After earning her Juris Doctor from University of Washington School of Law in 1985,Durkan began practicing law as a criminal defense lawyer and civil litigator. In October 2009,President Barack Obama appointed her United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington. She held that position until September 2014.
Gretchen C. F. Shappert is an attorney. She has served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina from 2004 to 2009 and the United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands from 2018 to 2022.
Laura Elizabeth Duffy is an American lawyer and judge who serves on the San Diego County Superior Court and served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 2010 to 2017.
Robert Lee Pitman is an American attorney and jurist who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and former United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas. He was previously a United States Magistrate Judge of the same court.
Thomas Gray Walker was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
The 2014 United States Senate election in North Carolina took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of North Carolina,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary took place on May 6,2014.
James Daniel Bishop is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 8th congressional district since 2019,when the district was numbered “9”. As a Republican,his district includes south-central Mecklenburg,Union,Anson,Richmond,Scotland,Robeson,Hoke,and southern Moore Counties. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017 and the Mecklenburg County Commission from 2005 to 2009. He served in the North Carolina State Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Dena Janae King is an American lawyer and who has served as the United States attorney for the Western District of North Carolina since 2021.
