Alex Sink Goes to Bat for Kay Hagan

Former state CFO Alex Sink, who lost a special congressional election earlier this year, went to bat for a Democrat in the U.S. Senate on Friday. Sink, who was the Democratic candidate who came up short against Rick Scott in 2010, sent out an email to supporters on Friday asking them to support U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., who is a top Republican target in November.

This year we don't have a U.S. Senate race in Florida, but Democratic control of the Senate is at risk, Sink wrote. One of the key races is the re-election of U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan in North Carolina, and I want all of us to do our part to help Kay.

Kay is a personal friend, growing up in Lakeland and niece of Florida Sen. Lawton Chiles, Sink added. Kay graduated with a law degree from Wake Forest and went on to serve as a distinguished North Carolina state senator before running and winning a U.S. Senate seat in 2008. Kay represents common-sense politics that made North Carolina committed to higher education, public schools, and a new economy. We need her back in the Senate!