Candidates •
Kay Hagan (D), incumbent U.S. senator •
Sean Haugh (L), pizza delivery man and nominee for the U.S. Senate
in 2002 •
Thom Tillis (R),
Speaker of the
North Carolina House of Representatives Outside spending In July 2014, Jim Morrill of
The Charlotte Observer calculated that as of the end of June, more than $26 million had been spent by outside advocacy groups on the election, with $17 million of it attacking Hagan or supporting Tillis and less than $9 million supporting Hagan or attacking Tillis. By contrast, outside groups spent $25 million during the entire
2008 election. He reported that only $11.4 million had been reported to the FEC, with the rest of the "dark money" coming from groups that did not have to disclose their donors. 27% of the money spent supporting Tillis came from groups required to disclose their donors whereas 69% of the money supporting Hagan did so.
OpenSecrets placed the final cost of outside spending at $8.5 million for Hagan and $35.5 million attacking Tillis, and $13.7 million for Tillis and $20.9 million attacking Hagan, placing the totals by candidate at $44 million for Hagan, and $34.6 million for Tillis.
Debates Three televised debates between the candidates were held: the first on September 3 moderated by
Norah O'Donnell of CBS, the second on October 7 moderated by
George Stephanopoulos of ABC, and the third (the only one to feature Sean Haugh) on October 9 moderated by Jon Evans of
WECT-TV. Video of the first debate is available here, with the second here and the third here.
Predictions Polling Results Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican •
Caswell (largest city:
Yanceyville) •
Duplin (largest city:
Wallace) •
Franklin (largest city:
Wake Forest) •
Haywood (largest city:
Waynesville) •
Jones (largest city:
Maysville) •
Madison (largest city:
Mars Hill) •
Montgomery (largest city:
Troy) •
Chowan (largest municipality:
Edenton) •
Columbus (largest municipality:
Whiteville) •
Nash (largest municipality:
Rocky Mount) •
New Hanover (largest municipality:
Wilmington) •
Watauga (largest municipality:
Boone) •
Alamance (largest municipality:
Burlington) •
Brunswick (largest municipality:
Leland) •
Greene (largest municipality:
Snow Hill) •
Lee (largest municipality:
Sanford) •
Person (largest municipality:
Roxboro) •
Rockingham (largest municipality:
Eden) •
Yancey (largest municipality:
Burnsville) •
Pender (largest municipality:
Hampstead) •
Sampson (largest municipality:
Clinton) •
Swain (largest municipality:
Cherokee) •
Washington (largest municipality:
Plymouth) == See also ==