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Margaret Dickson was defeated in her bid for a fourth term in the North Carolina State Senate in 2010. She "considered herself a centrist, pro-business Democrat", but was victimized by what she called "the hooker ad" in which she was played by "an actress with dark hair who was fair, like me. She was putting on mascara and red lipstick. She had on a big ring and bracelet." The ad showed the actress grabbing cash and accused Dickson of promoting her own interests in the legislature without making any direct accusation. Another ad compared her tax record to Nancy Pelosi, though her record was shown to be far more conservative, and not comparable due to the two women's service in two different legislative bodies.

===2006===

In 2006, the Raleigh ''News and Observer'' reported that Pope "has created other organizations to sway public opinion, monitor the legislature, develop grass-roots political efforts and bring court challenges" and that he had spent "millions of dollars on a network whose purpose is to move North Carolina to the political right." His goal was to purge the North Carolina state House of Representatives of Republican moderates. According to journalist Rob Christensen, Pope "created two new tax-exempt organizations. The [[Republican Legislative Majority of North Carolina]] was bankrolled with $260,000 in contributions from [[Variety Wholesalers]]. A Pope-formed state chapter of a national group, Americans for Prosperity, contributed more than $200,000 ... The Pope effort helped defeat Republican Reps. Rex Baker of King, Keith Williams of Jacksonville, Michael Gorman of New Bern and Michael Decker of Forsyth County. Pope came within a whisker of knocking off Morgan and Rep. Rick Eddins of Raleigh."<ref>Rob Christensen, [http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/394092.html "The knight of the right: Ex-legislator Art Pope has quietly built a political network to advance his conservative vision for North Carolina"], Raleigh ''News and Observer'', January 29, 2006.</ref>