2006 Senate Campaign
She announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate in May 2005, and won the Democratic Party nomination in the June 13, 2006, defeating Eric Mehnert by a 600 vote margin, out of approximately 44,000 votes cast. She lost to Olympia Snowe in the November 2006 general election. Hay Bright captured 20% of the votes, with 109,618 votes cast. Olympia Snowe won with 74% of the vote, with 398,055 votes cast.
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