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By Emily Cahn Posted at 5 a.m. today

Hagan lost re-election in 2014. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

National Democrats want former Sen. Kay Hagan to mount another bid for Senate in the Tar Heel State. But in case the former senator declines, party officials have started to key in on other potential recruits.

Hagan did not rule out running in a Wednesday interview with a radio station in Boston, where shesserving as a resident fellow at Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics.

You know, Im not saying yes, and Im not saying no, Hagan told WBUR reporter Jeremy Hobson.

Hagan would be a top choice for Democrats to challenge Sen. Richard M. Burr in 2016, when the party mustnet five seats toensure Senate control. Democrats say Haganran a near-perfect campaign in 2014. They chalk up her loss to GOP Sen. Thom Tillisto a bad national environment.

But Democrats are working on a contingency plan if Hagan opts out.

With North Carolinashaping up to be a battleground in the presidential race, and with North Carolina shaping up to have the top gubernatorial race in the nation, its really going to be a fertileplace, and Democratswill have a strong candidate, said Morgan Jackson, a North Carolina Democratic operative.

State Treasurer Janet Cowell ranksamong the partys other recruits for a potential run.

Cowell, the first woman elected treasurer in North Carolina, has ties to the deep-pocketed business community in the state. It could help her raise money in what is likely to be one of the cycles most expensive contests.

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Democrats Prep North Carolina Contingency Plan