Maggie Hassan – NH

Current Position: US Senator since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 2004 – 2010
Other Positions:  Chair, Public and Municipal Affairs sub-committee;
Vice Chair, Energy, Environment, and Economic Development sub-committee

After graduating from law school in 1985, she worked at the law firm Palmer & Dodge. She later worked as associate general counsel for Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002 after Democratic Party leaders recruited her. She lost to incumbent Russell Prescott but ran against Prescott again in 2004 and won. Hassan was the 81st governor of New Hampshire from 2013 to 2017.

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@POTUS just signed bipartisan legislation into law that will help prevent victim services from being cut. This is great news — and I’ll continue working to ensure that survivors of violent crimes are supported and that their perpetrators are brought to justice.

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Current Position: US Senator since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 2004 – 2010
Other Positions:  Chair, Public and Municipal Affairs sub-committee;
Vice Chair, Energy, Environment, and Economic Development sub-committee

After graduating from law school in 1985, she worked at the law firm Palmer & Dodge. She later worked as associate general counsel for Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002 after Democratic Party leaders recruited her. She lost to incumbent Russell Prescott but ran against Prescott again in 2004 and won. Hassan was the 81st governor of New Hampshire from 2013 to 2017.

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@POTUS just signed bipartisan legislation into law that will help prevent victim services from being cut. This is great news — and I’ll continue working to ensure that survivors of violent crimes are supported and that their perpetrators are brought to justice.

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Maggie Hassan 1Senator Hassan is focused on strengthening national security; protecting Social Security and Medicare; ensuring that veterans get the services that they need and deserve; combating climate change and preserving our natural resources; and protecting a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.

Senator Hassan’s committee assignments allow her to focus on these as well as other critical priorities facing New Hampshire’s families, small businesses, and economy. She is a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) Committee; the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee; the Finance Committee; and the Joint Economic Committee.

Senator Hassan was drawn to public service as an advocate fighting to ensure that children like her son Ben, who experiences severe disabilities, would be fully included in their communities and have the same opportunities that all parents want for their children.

In 1999, then-Governor Shaheen asked her to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Adequacy in Education and Finance Commission. Her experience as a business attorney and as a parent of a child who experiences disabilities enabled her to provide a unique perspective as the commission did its work.

Senator Hassan was first elected to the New Hampshire Senate in 2004, serving the people of the 23rd District, which included ten Seacoast towns. During her six years in office, she was selected by her colleagues to serve as President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader of the State Senate.

In 2013, she was sworn in as the 81st Governor of New Hampshire. Throughout her two terms as Governor, she responsibly balanced the state budget; created a business-friendly environment that encouraged innovation and saw New Hampshire’s unemployment rate drop to among the lowest in the nation; worked to implement a comprehensive, hands-on approach to the heroin, fentanyl and opioid crisis; and froze in-state tuition at state universities for the first time in 25 years while lowering tuition at community colleges.

Maggie Hassan was born on February 27, 1958. She earned her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from the Northeastern School of Law. She and her husband, Tom, who serves as the President of School Year Abroad, live in Newfields and are the proud parents of two children, Ben (32) and Meg (28).

Personal

Full Name: Margaret ‘Maggie’ Wood Hassan

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Thomas; 2 Children: Ben, Meg

Birth Date: 02/27/1958

Birth Place: Boston, MA

Home City: Newfields, NH

Religion: United Church of Christ

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Education

JD, School of Law, Northeastern University, 1985

BA, History, Brown University, 1980

Political Experience

Senator, United States Senate, New Hampshire, 2016-present

Former President Pro Tempore, New Hampshire State Senate

Former Assistant Democratic Whip, New Hampshire State Senate

Candidate, United States Senate, New Hampshire, 2022

Governor, State of New Hampshire, 2013-2016

Candidate, Governor of New Hampshire, 2012, 2014

Senator, New Hampshire State Senate, District 23, 2004-2010

Majority Leader, New Hampshire State Senate, 2008-2010

Candidate, New Hampshire State Senate, District 23, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

Professional Experience

Attorney, Sullivan, Weinstein and McQuay

Assistant General Counsel, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Partners Healthcare, 1993-1996

Attorney, Palmer and Dodge, 1985-1992

Information Officer, Massachusetts Department of Social Services, 1980-1982

Offices

MANCHESTER
1589 Elm Street
Third Floor
Manchester, NH 03101
(603) 622-2204
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PORTSMOUTH
14 Manchester Square
Suite 140
Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 433-4445
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NASHUA
142 Main Street
Suite 520
Nashua, NH 03060
(603) 880-3314
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BERLIN
Berlin City Hall, Lower Level
168 Main Street
Berlin, NH 03570
(603) 752-6190
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CONCORD
(By Appointment Only)
James C. Cleveland Federal Building
53 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 622-2204
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WASHINGTON, DC
324 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3324
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Contact

Email: Government

Web Links

Politics

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Election Results

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Finances

Committees

U.S. SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is the principal oversight committee of the United States Senate. As a member of the Committee, and chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, Senator Hassan works to oversee the Department of Homeland Security and other critical homeland security priorities to keep America safe and secure – including cybersecurity and drug interdiction efforts. Through her work on the Committee, the Senator is also focused on holding agencies accountable for maintaining fiscal responsibility and protecting taxpayer dollars.

SUBCOMMITTEES

  • Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight (Chair)
  • Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

 U.S. SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS (HELP) COMMITTEE

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) has broad jurisdiction over America’s health care, education, employment, and retirement policies. As a member of the HELP Committee, Senator Hassan has worked on legislative efforts to combat the heroin, fentanyl, and opioid crisis; ensure that every Granite Stater has access to quality, affordable health care; lower the cost of prescription drugs; ensure that every child has access to a quality K-12 public education; and to reduce the burden of student loan debt.

SUBCOMMITTEES

  • Primary Health and Retirement Security
  • Children and Families

 SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

The Senate Finance Committee has jurisdiction over matters relating to taxation and revenues, trade agreements and tariffs, as well as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and other health and human services programs. In her role on this committee, Senator Hassan will fight for vital New Hampshire priorities including protecting and strengthening Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; working to provide tax relief to hard-working families and small businesses and end corporate special interest tax giveaways; and ensuring that U.S. trade policy supports small businesses and workers.

SUBCOMMITTEES

  • Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
  • Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
  • Health Care

 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

The Joint Economic Committee – a joint committee of the United States Senate and House – is tasked with overseeing the health of the United States economy and recommending policies to build a stronger economic future.

 SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs conducts oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and advances legislation on matters pertaining to veterans, including education, health care, VA benefits, and job training. In her role on this committee, Senator Hassan will work across the aisle to expand opportunity and strengthen care for veterans, while working to build a country that is ever-worthy of their service.

Legislation

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Committees

he Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is the principal oversight committee of the United States Senate. As a member of the Committee, and chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, Senator Hassan works to oversee the Department of Homeland Security and other critical homeland security priorities to keep America safe and secure – including cybersecurity and drug interdiction efforts. Through her work on the Committee, the Senator is also focused on holding agencies accountable for maintaining fiscal responsibility and protecting taxpayer dollars.

SUBCOMMITTEES

Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight (Chair)
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee

VISIT SITE

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) has broad jurisdiction over America’s health care, education, employment, and retirement policies. As a member of the HELP Committee, Senator Hassan has worked on legislative efforts to combat the heroin, fentanyl, and opioid crisis; ensure that every Granite Stater has access to quality, affordable health care; lower the cost of prescription drugs; ensure that every child has access to a quality K-12 public education; and to reduce the burden of student loan debt.

SUBCOMMITTEES

Primary Health and Retirement Security
Children and Families

Senate Finance
Committee

VISIT SITE

The Senate Finance Committee has jurisdiction over matters relating to taxation and revenues, trade agreements and tariffs, as well as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and other health and human services programs. In her role on this committee, Senator Hassan fights for vital New Hampshire priorities including protecting and strengthening Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; working to provide tax relief to hard-working families and small businesses and end corporate special interest tax giveaways; and ensuring that U.S. trade policy supports small businesses and workers.

SUBCOMMITTEES

Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
Health Care

Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

VISIT SITE

The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs conducts oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and advances legislation on matters pertaining to veterans, including education, health care, VA benefits, and job training. In her role on this committee, Senator Hassan works across the aisle to expand opportunity and strengthen care for veterans, while working to build a country that is ever-worthy of their service.

Joint Economic Committee

VISIT SITE

The Joint Economic Committee – a joint committee of the United States Senate and House – is tasked with overseeing the health of the United States economy and recommending policies to build a stronger economic future.

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Issues

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Priorities include:

A Strong National Defense

Bolstering Public Safety
Combating the Substance Misuse Crisis
Education & Workforce Development
Fiscal Responsibility
Economic Opportunity
Fostering Innovation
Health Care
Inclusion for People who Experience Disabilities
LGBTQ Equality
Natural Resources, Clean Energy & Climate Change
Safeguarding Social Security and Medicare
Small Businesses
Standing Up for the North Country
Supporting Veterans, Service Members & Their Families
Transportation & Infrastructure
Women’s Health & Economic Opportunity

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Wikipedia

Margaret Coldwell Hassan (/ˈhæsən/ HASS-ən; née Wood; born February 27, 1958) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Hassan was the 81st governor of New Hampshire from 2013 to 2017.[3]

Born in Boston, Hassan graduated from Brown University and earned a J.D. from the Northeastern University School of Law. After graduating from law school in 1985, she worked at the law firm Palmer & Dodge. She later worked as associate general counsel for Brigham and Women’s Hospital.[4]

Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002 after Democratic Party leaders recruited her.[5][6] She lost to incumbent Russell Prescott but ran against Prescott again in 2004 and won.[7][8] Hassan was elected to a total of three two-year terms, representing New Hampshire’s 23rd district from January 2005 to December 2010. She became the State Senate majority leader in 2008 before losing reelection in a 2010 rematch with Prescott.[9]

Hassan declared her candidacy for governor in October 2011. She defeated former state senator Jacalyn Cilley in the Democratic primary and faced the Republican nominee, attorney Ovide M. Lamontagne, in the general election. Hassan won with 55% of the vote, becoming the state’s second female governor. She was reelected in 2014. After becoming governor, Hassan was elected vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association and served as a superdelegate at the Democratic National Convention.[6]

In 2016, Hassan ran for the U.S. Senate and narrowly defeated Kelly Ayotte, the Republican incumbent, by about a thousand votes (about 0.1% of the vote).[10][11] She was reelected in 2022, defeating Republican nominee Don Bolduc. She is serving with Jeanne Shaheen, another former governor. Hassan and Shaheen are the only two women in American history to be elected both governor and U.S. senator.[12]

Early life and education

Hassan was born Margaret Wood in Boston, Massachusetts,[13] the daughter of Margaret (Byers) and Robert Coldwell Wood, a political scientist who served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Lyndon Johnson administration. She has two siblings, including Tony award-winning actor Frank Wood.[14][15][16]

She grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts.[16] As a child she sang in school choirs and at church.[16] Her parents were politically active and she collated mailers for the League of Women Voters.[16] She attended Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury, Massachusetts, and graduated with the Class of 1976. Wood then enrolled at Brown University, where she majored in history and graduated in 1980 with a B.A. degree. While there, she met her future husband, Thomas Hassan, also a student at the university.[5] She received a J.D. degree from the Northeastern University School of Law in 1985.[17][18]

Early career

From 1985 to 1999, Hassan worked as an attorney.[17] From 1985 to 1992,[citation needed] she worked at the Boston law firm Palmer & Dodge.[19] From 1993 to 1996, Hassan was associate general counsel for Brigham and Women’s Hospital.[20]

In 1996, Hassan began working as an attorney for Sullivan, Weinstein & McQuay, a Boston corporate defense and business law firm.[21] In 1999, then-New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen appointed her as a citizen advisor to the Advisory Committee to the Adequacy in Education and Finance Commission.[17]

New Hampshire Senate

Elections

Hassan speaking in April 2007.

Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002 after Democratic Party leaders suggested she run.[5] She lost to incumbent Russell Prescott, 54% to 46%.[7] In 2004, she ran against Prescott again and won, 52% to 48%.[22] In 2006, she was reelected against Natalie Healy, 60% to 40%.[8] In 2008, she defeated Lee Quandt, 57% to 43%.[23] She served as the assistant Democratic whip, president pro tempore, and majority leader of the State Senate during her six years in office. She represented New Hampshire’s 23rd district, which includes East Kingston, Exeter, Kensington, Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, Newton, Seabrook, South Hampton and Stratham.

In November 2010, Hassan lost to Prescott in a second rematch, 53% to 47%,[24] as Republicans regained control of both the state House and state Senate.[25]

Tenure

Hassan served on the Capital Budget Committee and the Budget Conference Committee.[26] She helped pass the FY2008-09 budget.[27]

In 2008, Senate President Sylvia Larsen chose Hassan to serve as Senate Majority Leader, the number two position in the New Hampshire Senate. Larsen chose her for the position because she wanted someone who would fight to get the Democratic caucus to support the same agenda, at times creating friction between Hassan and her Republican colleagues.[28]

During her tenure as majority leader, Hassan had a major role in legalizing same-sex marriage in New Hampshire.[28] She presented three versions of a same-sex marriage bill, one of which narrowly gained enough support to pass both chambers.[28]

Hassan helped pass the FY2010-11 budget.[29] This budget increased spending by over $1 billion and contained 33 tax and fee increases, including taxing campsites like hotel rooms, a so-called “income tax” on New Hampshire business, and raising vehicle registration fees.[30][31][32]

Committee assignments

  • Capital Budget Committee
  • Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection
  • Finance
  • Public and Municipal Affairs (Chair)
  • Energy, Environment, and Economic Development (Vice Chair)
  • Internal Affairs Committee
  • Executive Department and Administration Committee

Caucus membership

Governor of New Hampshire

Elections

2012

Main article: 2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
Hassan’s official portrait as Governor of New Hampshire

In October 2011, Hassan announced her candidacy for governor of New Hampshire.[34] She won the Democratic primary with 53% of the vote, defeating former state senator Jacalyn Cilley, who received 39%.[35] Hassan was endorsed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton.[36][9] Campaign themes included implementing the Affordable Care Act.[37]

In the general election, Hassan defeated Republican nominee Ovide M. Lamontagne, 55% to 43%, carrying every county in the state.[38] Matt Burgess managed her campaign and senior consultants included media consultant Joe Slade White.[39]

Independent expenditure groups spent more than $11 million on Hassan’s behalf. Major financial support for her campaign came from the Washington, D.C.-based Democratic Governor’s Association, the Service Employees International Union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and the National Education Association.[40]

2014

Main article: 2014 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
A campaign sign for Hassan in 2014.

In June 2014, Hassan filed to run for reelection.[41] In August 2014, New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster, a Hassan appointee, ordered her to return $24,000 in campaign contributions that violated New Hampshire campaign finance laws.[42] In October 2014, Hassan was ordered to return another $25,000 in funds a union donated to her gubernatorial campaign because the union had not properly registered with the state as a political committee.[43]

Hassan defeated Ian Freeman in the September 9 Democratic primary and Republican nominee Walt Havenstein in the general election, 52% to 48%. She carried 7 of 10 counties.[44]

Tenure

Hassan was sworn in as governor for a two-year term on January 3, 2013. In December 2013, she was elected vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association.[45] That year, Hassan signed a bill creating a state sea level rise commission.[46][47]

During a conflict between two sides of the Demoulas family, which owns the Market Basket grocery chain, Hassan urged the family to resolve the dispute, which threatened 9,000 jobs in New Hampshire.[48]

In July 2015, Hassan vetoed a bill that would have removed the licensing requirement for carrying concealed firearms.[49] In response to New Hampshire’s opioid crisis, she appointed Jack Wozmak the state’s “drug czar” in early 2015. He resigned one year later in response to complaints about his job performance.[50][51] Hassan also worked to preserve funding for Planned Parenthood clinics throughout the state.[52]

Hassan resigned as governor on January 2, 2017, to prepare for her swearing-in to the U.S. Senate. Senate president Chuck Morse became acting governor.[53]

U.S. Senate

Elections

Hassan campaigning at a Hillary Clinton rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, in October 2016.

2016

Main article: 2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

On October 5, 2015, Hassan announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2016. She challenged Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte.[54] The race was considered one of the most competitive U.S. Senate races of the year.[55]

Hassan was endorsed by the pro-choice Democratic political action committee EMILY’s List, which also backed her two gubernatorial runs.[56] Hassan endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary.[57] She said climate change and reproductive rights would be her top priorities if she were elected to the Senate.[58]

On November 9, the day after Election Day, Hassan was declared the winner.[59] Ayotte conceded that evening, choosing not to pursue a recount.[59]

2022

Main article: 2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

Hassan was reelected in 2022, defeating Republican nominee Don Bolduc.[60]

Tenure

Hassan being sworn in to the U.S. Senate by Vice President Joe Biden.

116th Congress (2019–2021)

Hassan participated in a bipartisan Trump administration task force to support the reopening of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic[61]

Hassan was in the Senate chamber on January 6, 2021, for the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.[62] After the Capitol was breached by rioters, Hassan, along with staff and other senators, was removed from the chambers to an undisclosed location.[63] Hassan called the event traumatizing, calling it an “insurrection” and “one of the grimmest days in the history of our country.”[63][64] The following day, she called for Trump to resign, calling him “unfit for office”.[64] She also called for an investigation into the lack of security, poor law enforcement response,[64] and how law enforcement treated the Trump supporters, which contrasted with the treatment of Black Lives Matter protestors.[63]

Committee assignments

Controversies

On June 19, 2018, a congressional intern was caught on video yelling, “Mr. President, fuck you!”, as Trump walked through the United States Capitol for a meeting with Republican representatives.[67] On June 25, Hassan’s office confirmed that a Hassan intern, Caitlin Marriott, was the person caught on video swearing at Trump. A Hassan spokesperson confirmed that Marriott had been suspended from her position for a week and was required to return her congressional intern ID badge.[68] Hassan rejected demands that she fire Marriott.[69]

In 2019, former Hassan staffers Jackson Cosko and Samantha Davis pleaded guilty to federal crimes. Cosko pleaded guilty to five felonies; following his termination from Hassan’s staff, he illegally accessed Senate computers, obtained personal information about five Republican senators, and disseminated that personal information online because he was angry about the senators’ roles in the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States. In June 2019, Cosko was sentenced to four years in prison.[70] Davis pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors in July 2019, acknowledging that she had given Cosko access to Hassan’s Senate office after he was fired and had lied to investigators about it.[71]

Political positions

Hassan speaking with Catherine Cortez Masto at a Senate committee hearing in June 2017.

As of September 2021, Hassan had voted in line with President Joe Biden‘s stated position 100% of the time.[72]

Firearms

The National Review reported that Hassan has a “D” rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA) in 2012.[73][74] She supports a background check system to avoid gun sales to the mentally ill.[75] She was supported by Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg in the 2016 election.[76]

In March 2018, Hassan was one of ten senators to sign a letter to Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Lamar Alexander and ranking Democrat Patty Murray requesting they schedule a hearing on the causes and remedies of mass shootings in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.[77]

Journalism

In July 2019, Hassan cosponsored the Fallen Journalists Memorial Act, a bill introduced by Ben Cardin and Rob Portman that would create a new memorial that would be privately funded and constructed on federal lands within Washington, D.C. to honor journalists, photographers, and broadcasters who have died in the line of duty.[78]

Marijuana

As governor, Hassan signed legislation to legalize medical cannabis but said she would veto any bill that came to her desk to legalize recreational cannabis.[79] As of 2020, NORML, an organization that seeks legalization, gave Hassan a C− score as a U.S. senator due to her actions as governor.[80]

Minimum wage

On February 3, 2021, Hassan announced she opposes raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hour as proposed in President Biden‘s American Rescue Plan legislation.[81] On March 5, 2021, she and seven other Democratic senators voted with Republicans to block raising the minimum wage as part of the legislation.[82][83]

Personal life

Hassan’s husband, Thomas, was principal of Phillips Exeter Academy from 2008 to 2015, and as of 2016 is the president of School Year Abroad.[84] When he was principal, the Hassans did not live in the Governor’s Mansion, instead living in a colonial house on the school campus provided to them as part of her husband’s employment.[5] In 2016, The Association of Boarding Schools censured Thomas Hassan for failing to disclose a former teacher’s sexual misconduct at Phillips Exeter.[85] After he left his position at Phillips Exeter, the Hassans bought and moved into a home in Newfields, New Hampshire.[a][5][86]

Hassan has two adult children, the older of whom has cerebral palsy.[13] She is a member of the United Church of Christ.[87]

Hassan has received honorary doctorates from the University of New Hampshire (2013),[88] Northeastern University (2013),[89] Southern New Hampshire University (2014),[90] New Hampshire Institute of Art (2015),[91] New England College (2016),[92] and UNH School of Law (2017).[93]

Electoral history

State Senate

New Hampshire State Senate election in the 23rd district, 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanRussell Prescott (incumbent)10,65954.04
DemocraticMaggie Hassan9,06745.96
Total votes19,726 100.00
New Hampshire State Senate election in the 23rd district, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan15,20151.96
RepublicanRussell Prescott (incumbent)14,05448.04
Total votes29,255 100.00
New Hampshire State Senate election in the 23rd district, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan10,56660.12
RepublicanNatalie Healy7,00839.88
Total votes17,574 100.00
New Hampshire State Senate election in the 23rd district, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan17,21257.20
RepublicanLee Quandt12,87742.80
Total votes30,089 100.00
New Hampshire State Senate election in the 23rd district, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanRussell Prescott11,00153.38
DemocraticMaggie Hassan (inc.)9,60646.62
Total votes20,607 100.00

Governor

2012 Democratic primary results[94]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan 45,120 53.1
DemocraticJackie Cilley33,06638.9
DemocraticBill Kennedy5,9367.0
DemocraticOther8501.0
Total votes84,972 100
2012 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[95]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan 378,934 54.61% +1.98%
RepublicanOvide Lamontagne295,02642.52%-2.51%
LibertarianJohn J. Babiarz19,2512.77%+0.56%
n/aWrite-ins6660.10%-0.02%
Total votes693,877 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold
2014 New Hampshire gubernatorial election[96]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan (incumbent) 254,666 52.38% -2.23%
RepublicanWalt Havenstein230,61047.43%+4.91%
n/aWrite-ins9070.19%+0.09%
Total votes486,183 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

U.S. Senate

2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire[97]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan 354,649 47.99% +11.25%
RepublicanKelly Ayotte (incumbent)353,63247.84%-12.32%
IndependentAaron Day17,7422.40%N/A
LibertarianBrian Chabot12,5971.70%+0.65%
n/aWrite-ins5200.07%N/A
Total votes739,140 100.0% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

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2022 United States Senate election in New Hampshire[98]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan (incumbent) 332,193 53.50% +5.52%
RepublicanDon Bolduc275,92844.43%-3.41%
LibertarianJeremy Kauffman12,3902.00%+0.30%
n/aWrite-ins4640.07%–
Total votes620,975 100.0%
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Although New Hampshire has an executive residence known as Bridges House, no governor has lived in the residence since 1970.

References

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  2. ^ “About Senator Hassan”. hassan.senate.gov. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  3. ^ “Updated: NH Democrats to vote on superdelegate reform resolution at convention”. WMUR. June 16, 2016.
  4. ^ “Maggie Hassan, School of Law graduate, elected US senator”. news.northeastern.edu. 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  5. ^ a b c d e Ball, Molly (April 11, 2014). “How She Does It”. The Atlantic. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Raju, Manu (July 7, 2015). “Harry Reid’s final campaign”. Politico. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  7. ^ a b “Our Campaigns – NH State Senate 23 Race – Nov 05, 2002”. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  8. ^ a b “Our Campaigns – NH State Senate 23 Race – Nov 07, 2006”. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  9. ^ a b McCord, Michael (September 17, 2007). “Exeter Sen. Hassan Backs Hillary Clinton”. The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  10. ^ Dowling, Brian; Villani, Chris (November 9, 2016). “Hassan narrowly beats Ayotte in Senate race”. Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
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  12. ^ “About Maggie”. Maggie Hassan for Senate. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  13. ^ a b Bernstein, David (July 17, 2016). “A Rumble in the Granite State”. Boston. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  14. ^ Wright, Sarah H. (April 6, 2005). “Professor, HUD chief Robert Wood dies”. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
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Maggie Hassan – NH

Current Position: US Senator since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: State Senator from 2004 – 2010
Other Positions:  Chair, Public and Municipal Affairs sub-committee;
Vice Chair, Energy, Environment, and Economic Development sub-committee

After graduating from law school in 1985, she worked at the law firm Palmer & Dodge. She later worked as associate general counsel for Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002 after Democratic Party leaders recruited her. She lost to incumbent Russell Prescott but ran against Prescott again in 2004 and won. Hassan was the 81st governor of New Hampshire from 2013 to 2017.

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Jeanne Shaheen

Jeanne Shaheen – NH

Current Position: US Senator since 2009
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Governor from 2013 – 2017; State Senator from 2004 – 2010
Other Positions:  Chair, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies – Committee on Appropriations

Shaheen served as the 78th governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003. Shaheen is the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator.  She served as director of the Harvard Institute of Politics before resigning to run for the U.S. Senate again in the 2008 election, defeating Sununu in a rematch.

She taught high school in Mississippi and moved to New Hampshire in 1973, where she taught school and, with her husband, owned a store that sold used jewelry. She worked on several campaigns, including Jimmy Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign, and as the New Hampshire campaign manager for Gary Hart in 1984. In 2005, Shaheen was named director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics.

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