The senators from sort-of near Greensboro
Kay Hagan, a Greensboro state senator and Democrat, has knocked Republican Elizabeth Dole out of her U.S. Senate seat. That's remarkable for any number of reasons, not the least of which is Dole was supposed to be unbeatable if you listened the national media six months ago.
(For the record, I had a slightly different take back in May.)
Worth noting locally is that Hagan will be the first U.S. Senator elected from Greensboro. That's not to say there haven't been some with connections.
According to Congressional historians, Bedford Brown served in the U.S. Senate in the 1800s and died at "'Rose Hill,' Caswell County, N.C., near Greensboro, December 6, 1870; interment in the family cemetery at 'Rose Hill.'"
Jesse Franklin, a former governor and U.S. Senator, is buried at the Guilford Battleground National Park.
Perhaps the closest contender was David Settle Reid, "a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born near Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C., on April 19, 1813."
Also close (but no cigar) was William Kerr Scott, "a Senator from North Carolina; born in Haw River, Alamance County, N.C., April 17, 1896; attended the public schools of Hawfields, N.C.; graduated from North Carolina State College at Raleigh in 1917."
