Success is the sweetest revenge: U.S. Sen.-elect Kay Hagan has dropped her defamation lawsuit against dethroned Sen. Elizabeth Dole, reports WRAL.com.

Hagan had filed a defamation and libel suit against Dole over a TV ad that insinuated Hagan is at an atheist sympathizer.

Hagan won the election with nearly 53 percent of the vote.

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