RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Sen. Elizabeth Dole admits her campaign to seek a second term in the Senate won't be an easy one.

In a blog posting on her new campaign Web site launched Friday, the Republican incumbent wrote that "modern campaigns have become a contact sport."

Dole anticipates she'll be the subject of personal attacks and votes or issues that are taken out of context. But she said she'll defend her record in the months ahead.

Dole doesn't mention Democratic opponent, state Sen. Kay Hagan, by name.

The Web site also includes a short video in which Dole and her husband, former senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole, discuss how they first met in the 1970s while in Washington.