Maggie Hassan – NH

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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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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

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MANCHESTER
1589 Elm Street
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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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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.

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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

[1][2] (/ˈhæsən/ HASS-ən; née Margaret Coldwell Wood; born February 27, 1958)[3] is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator for New Hampshire since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Hassan was the 81st governor of New Hampshire, from 2013 to 2017.[4]

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.[5]

Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002, losing to incumbent Russell Prescott. She ran again in 2004 and won.[6] She served in the New Hampshire Senate from 2005 to 2010. She became the state senate majority leader in 2008 before losing reelection in a 2010 rematch with Prescott.[7]

Hassan ran for governor in 2012, defeating former state senator Jacalyn Cilley in the Democratic primary and Republican nominee Ovide M. Lamontagne in the general election. 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 2016 Democratic National Convention.[6]

In 2016, Hassan ran for the U.S. Senate and narrowly defeated Kelly Ayotte, the Republican incumbent, by about 1,000 votes, or 0.1%.[8][9] She was reelected in 2022. She serves with Jeanne Shaheen, another former governor. Hassan, Shaheen, and Ayotte are the only women in U.S. history to be elected both governor and U.S. senator.[10] Hassan is expected to become New Hampshire’s senior senator and the dean of the state’s congressional delegation upon Shaheen’s retirement in 2027.

Early life and education

Margaret Wood[11] was born in Boston on February 27, 1958,[12] and grew up in the Boston suburb of Lincoln,[11] where she sang in school choirs and at church.[13] Her parents were both involved in politics. Her father, Robert Coldwell Wood, was a political scientist who helped found the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.[14] Her mother was head of their local chapter of the League of Women Voters.[12] She described family dinners as discussions where her father in turn asked everyone at the table, including her and any guests, to comment.[11] She has two siblings, including Tony Award-winning actor Frank Wood.[15][16][13]

Hassan attended Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts, graduating in 1976.[17][failed verification] In 1980 she graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree. She worked as an information officer with the Massachusetts Department of Social Services from 1980 to 1982.[12] From 1985 to 1992,[citation needed] she worked at the Boston law firm Palmer & Dodge.[18] She graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 1985 with a juris doctor and worked as an attorney from 1985 to 1992. She worked as assistant general counsel at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 1993 to 1996. She then returned to work as an attorney from 1996 to 2009.[12] From 1993 to 1996, Hassan was associate general counsel for Brigham and Women’s Hospital.[19]

Hassan became a disability rights activist when her son with cerebral palsy began school and she sought accommodations for him.[20] This led Governor Jeanne Shaheen to appoint Hassan citizen advisor for the Adequacy in Education and Finance Commission in 1999.[21][22]

New Hampshire Senate

In the 2002 election,[22] Democratic leadership asked Hassan to run to represent New Hampshire’s 23rd State Senate District, which includes East Kingston, Exeter, Kensington, Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, Newton, Seabrook, South Hampton and Stratham.[citation needed] She believed her job and family meant she would not have time to hold political office, but she ran after her husband’s encouragement.[17] She lost to incumbent Republican Russell Prescott, 54% to 46%, but ran again in 2004 and defeated Prescott in a rematch, 52% to 48%.[12] In 2006, she was reelected against Natalie Healy, 60% to 40%. In 2008, she defeated Lee Quandt, 57% to 43%.[citation needed]

Hassan held leadership positions in the New Hampshire Senate, including assistant Democratic whip and president pro tempore.[12] She also chaired the Capital Budget and Public Municipal Affairs Committees.[22] She helped pass the FY2008-09 budget.[23]

In 2008, Senate President Sylvia Larsen chose Hassan to serve as Senate Majority Leader, the number two position in the New Hampshire Senate. Larsen said she chose Hassan 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.[24] She was majority leader from 2008 to 2010.[25]

Hassan supported Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[26]

In 2010, Hassan proposed a healthcare regulation system called “Maggie Care” by her opponents in reference to the Affordable Care Act‘s nickname “Obamacare”. Her proposed commission was created, but she was unable to grant it the power to limit rates.[14]

Hassan helped pass the FY2010-11 budget.[27] This budget increased spending by over $1 billion and contained 33 tax and fee increases, including on campsites and hotel rooms, New Hampshire businesses, and vehicle registration fees.[28][29][30]

Hassan served in the New Hampshire Senate for six years. She lost to Prescott in the 2010 election, 53% to 47%.[12] This was one of many losses for Democrats across the country in a year where Republicans performed exceptionally well.[20] The New Hampshire Republican Party gained control of both the state House and state Senate.[31]

New Hampshire Senate 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

New Hampshire Senate caucus membership

Governor of New Hampshire

2012 election

Hassan announced her candidacy for governor of New Hampshire in October 2011, one month after incumbent governor John Lynch announced his retirement.[12] She was the first Democrat to enter the gubernatorial race.[33] Hassan won the Democratic primary election with 54% of the vote, defeating state senator Jackie Cilley and firefighter Bill Kennedy. She faced Republican nominee Ovide Lamontagne in the general election. Hassan described Lamontagne as a Tea Party candidate, while Lamontagne criticized her for advocating high taxes and spending and a lack of business experience.[12]

Hassan campaigned on the economy and higher education.[12] She took a fiscally conservative stance and opposed a state income tax.[20] She also spoke in favor of implementing the Affordable Care Act.[34]

Matt Burgess managed Hassan’s campaign and senior consultants included media consultant Joe Slade White.[35] 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.[36]

The Democratic Party performed well in New Hampshire’s 2012 elections.[37] Hassan received 55% of the vote to Lamontagne’s 43%[12] and carried every county in the state.[38] Her election made New Hampshire the first state whose governor and entire Congressional delegation were women.[12] Hassan was the only woman running for governor in 2012.[39]

First term as governor (2013–2015)

Hassan was sworn in as governor on January 3, 2013.[40] She took office with a legislature split between Democrats and Republicans, and advocated bipartisanship.[41] Hassan’s major initiatives as governor involved funding for higher education, expanding mental health services, and support for gambling.[41] The state had budget surpluses during her first term.[41] Critics accused Hassan of being too uninvolved in developing the state’s budget.[17]

The Democratic Governors Association selected Hassan as its vice chair in 2013.[42] That year, she signed a bill creating a state sea level rise commission.[43][44] Hassan passed a Medicaid expansion in 2014.[45]

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.[46]

Hassan did not live in the Governor’s Mansion but in a colonial house on the campus of the school of which her husband was principal. The last governor to live in the Governor’s Mansion was Meldrim Thomson in the 1970s.[17]

2014 election

A campaign sign for Hassan in 2014.

Hassan ran for reelection in 2014. She won the Democratic primary with 94% of the vote and faced businessman Walt Havenstein in the general election.[47]

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.[48] 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.[49]

Havenstein campaigned on corporate tax cuts, opposition to gambling, and support for right-to-work laws.[41] Hassan was reelected with 53% of the vote to Havenstein’s 47%.[47] She carried seven of 10 counties.[50] Her victory was a win for Democrats in a year when they otherwise performed poorly.[51]

Second term as governor (2015–2017)

The Republican Party controlled both chambers of New Hampshire’s legislature during Hassan’s second term, challenging her ability to enact her policies.[52]

The opioid epidemic remained a major issue in Hassan’s second term. Opponents criticized her for taking insufficient action, and she responded by saying the state needed more federal assistance to address the issue. Her second term also included a renewed fight to extend New Hampshire’s Medicaid expansion, which Republicans opposed.[53]

In 2015, Hassan took the rare step of vetoing a budget created by the state legislature.[54]

In July 2015, Hassan vetoed a bill that would have removed the licensing requirement for carrying concealed firearms.[55] In response to New Hampshire’s opioid crisis, she appointed Jack Wozmak the state’s “drug czar” in early 2015. He resigned a year later in response to complaints about his job performance.[56][57] Hassan also worked to preserve funding for the state’s Planned Parenthood clinics[58] and approved bonds to fund the redevelopment of The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel.[41] Low unemployement during her tenure boosted Hassan’s approval rating.[53]

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.[59]

U.S. Senate

2016 election

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

As a popular governor, Hassan was considered a likely Senate candidate in the 2016 election. Early polling suggested she had a high chance of winning, and both parties were running ads about her before she entered the race. Hassan announced her candidacy in October 2015.[52] She was unopposed in the Democratic primary and she faced incumbent Kelly Ayotte in the general election.[14]

The race in New Hampshire was set to be close, and it was seen as a major factor in which party would control the Senate.[60][61] Hassan campaigned on reducing the influence of corporations and special interests in federal politics.[53] Her campaign sought to associate Ayotte with the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump, who was polling behind his opponent in New Hampshire. Ayotte moderated her positions and accused Hassan of being too closely aligned with the Democratic Party.[60] During the campaign, Hassan was sometimes seen as too rigid while speaking.[11] Ayotte criticized Hassan for running on generic platitudes without giving a specific rationale for running.[53]

Hassan’s campaign was affected by a sex scandal at the school where Hassan’s husband was principal. A teacher accused of sexual relations with students was involved in Hassan’s campaign after the allegations were made in 2011.[62]

Hassan campaigned on abortion rights,[63] and was endorsed by the pro-choice Democratic political action committee EMILY’s List, which had also backed her gubernatorial campaigns.[64]

Hassan endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary.[65] She was scrutinized for evading a question about whether Clinton was “honest and trustworthy”, only later correcting her answer to say that she was.[66]

Hassan said climate change and reproductive rights would be her top priorities as a senator.[67] Hassan and Ayotte were also distinguished by their positions on gun control, as Hassan supported restrictions and Ayotte opposed them.[68]

Hassan defeated Ayotte by 1,017 votes, less than one percentage point. She was one of two Senate candidates to unseat an incumbent Republican that year.[14] Hassan declared victory before the election was called, when 299 of 300 precincts had reported their results and she led by 692 votes.[69] Ayotte conceded without requesting a recount.[70] Hassan became the second woman, after Shaheen, to serve as both a governor and a US Senator.[71]

First term in the United States Senate (2017–2023)

Hassan being sworn in to the U.S. Senate by Vice President Joe Biden in 2017.

Hassan joined the Senate as one of its more moderate Democrats.[72] She used her first speech on the Senate floor to address the opioid epidemic.[68]

Hassan was critical of Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s nominee for United States Secretary of Education, for being insufficiently supportive of children with disabilities. Her questioning of DeVos during her Senate confirmation hearing, where Hassan criticized her for being unfamiliar with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, increased Hassan’s national profile.[73]

Hassan was appointed to the Senate Committee on Finance in 2019.[74]

During her first term, Hassan became chairwoman of the Women’s Senate Network within the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.[74]

Hassan focused on the opioid epidemic during her first term, as New Hampshire had the third-highest rate of drug overdose deaths, and worked with other legislators from the state to increase funding for the issue. She criticized the Trump administration in a Time magazine op-ed for insufficient action against the epidemic.[75]

A former system administrator from Hassan’s staff who had been fired in 2018 used another staff member’s access to hack the Senate’s computers and release the personal information of five Republican senators who were involved in Brett Kavanaugh‘s confirmation to the Supreme Court.[76][77]

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.[78] On June 25, Hassan’s office confirmed that a Hassan intern, Caitlin Marriott, was the person caught on video. 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.[79] Hassan rejected demands that she fire Marriott.[80]

Hassan was on the shortlist to be selected as Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden‘s running mate in the 2020 presidential election, but Kamala Harris was ultimately chosen.[76]

Hassan participated in a bipartisan Trump administration task force to support the reopening of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic[81]

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.[82] After rioters breached the Capitol, Hassan, along with staff and other senators, was removed from the chamber to an undisclosed location.[83] She called the event traumatizing, an “insurrection”, and “one of the grimmest days in the history of our country”.[83][84] On January 7, she called for Trump to resign, calling him “unfit for office”. She also called for an investigation into the lack of security, poor law enforcement response,[84] and how law enforcement treated the Trump supporters, which contrasted with the treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters.[83]

Hassan focused on cybersecurity while serving on the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight.[76]

Along with her fellow senator from New Hampshire, Jeanne Shaheen, Hassan was among the strongest defenders of President Joe Biden‘s selection of Michael Delaney, a New Hampshire politician opposed by both parties for his defense of St. Paul’s School in a civil sexual assault case.[85] Hassan criticized Biden’s selection of Janet Woodcock as head of the Food and Drug Administration, citing her past handling of the opioid epidemic.[86]

As of September 2021, Hassan had voted in line with President Biden’s stated position 100% of the time.[87] Hassan was ranked the most bipartisan senator that year by the Lugar Center by measuring co-sponsorship of bills with members of the opposing party.[88] It ranked her third in 2024.[89][90]

Hassan was among the moderate senators who criticized the Biden administration as it became less popular.[91] She criticized it for responding to inflation too slowly.[92]

2022 election

Hassan ran for reelection in 2022 and won the Democratic primary with 94% of the vote.[93]

New Hampshire was one of the six competitive Senate races in 2022, and one of four being defended by Democrats.[94] Hassan’s path to reelection was considered especially difficult because Republicans had two popular contenders, Governor Chris Sununu and former Senator Kelly Ayotte. Both declined, and the Republican nomination went to retired general Don Bolduc.[88] Bolduc was criticized within his own party for holding far-right beliefs and promoting conspiracy theories.[92][95] Both Hassan and Bolduc struggled in polling.[63] Buldoc challenged Hassan to seven debates, and Hassan eventually agreed to one televised debate and two non-televised.[96]

Abortion and inflation were the main issues in Hassan’s reelection campaign.[97] Hassan campaigned on abortion rights, an issue that brought strong turnout in her favor after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade and a previous fight over abortion restrictions in New Hampshire.[98] Bolduc campaigned against inflation and tied Hassan to the Biden administration’s unpopular handling of the economy.[99]

Hassan won reelection with 53% of the vote to Bolduc’s 44%.[93]

Second Senate term (2023–present)

Hassan was among the Democrats who criticized Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2025, citing her son’s experiences with cerebral palsy to criticize Kennedy’s spreading of misinformation about medical science.[100]

Hassan was one of eight Democratic-aligned senators who voted to end the 2025 shutdown of the federal government, and one of three who then voted to confirm Trump’s judicial nominees.[101]

In 2026, Hassan launched an investigation into Homeland Security official Corey Lewandowski in her role on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.[102]

U.S. Senate committee assignments

Political positions

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

Hassan has been described as a centrist or moderate Democratic and advocates bipartisanship. She is often a swing vote in the Senate. Hassan opposes using reconciliation to enact progressive policy.[105]

Hassan is known for being especially polished and on-message when speaking, which critics consider rigid and repetitive.[53][11]

Abortion

Hassan opposes New Hampshire’s 24-week abortion ban as too restrictive. She has said that abortion is an issue of women’s rights and women’s safety.[106] Hassan supported requiring insurance companies to cover over-the-counter contraception.[107]

Crime

As governor, Hassan supported a stronger state trooper presence and the creation of a new women’s prison.[108] She signed laws to combat domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual abuse, and parental rights for rapists.[41]

Hassan advocated the creation of a receiving facility for mental health services in New Hampshire,[108] and pushed for an increase in funding for mental health in response to a class action lawsuit by the United States Department of Justice.[52]

Drug policy

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.[109] As of 2020, NORML, an organization that seeks legalization, gave Hassan a C− grade as a U.S. senator due to her actions as governor.[110]

Hassan supports combating the illegal drug market by providing treatment for fentanyl users to reduce demand.[106]

Economy

During her first campaign for governor, Hassan opposed a broad-based tax[37] and tax breaks for businesses.[12] She wanted to legalize gambling in New Hampshire[52] and supported the creation of a casino to increase revenue for the state.[12] She oversaw the passage of a state fuel tax increase.[41] Hassan supported a balanced budget in New Hampshire.[53]

Hassan signed measures to guarantee workers’ right to discuss their payment with one another, and expanded the deadline for discrimination complaints from one year to three. New Hampshire became the first state to guarantee minimum wage to workers with disabilities when Hassan signed protections into law. She vetoed an anti-bullying bill for public employees out of concern that it was too broad.[41] Hassan introduced a bill to the Senate that would guarantee the right of firefighters and emergency medical services to unionize.[111]

Hassan opposed increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2021 out of concern for how it would affect small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.[91] She said she instead supported an increase to $12 per hour.[112]

Hassan split with Congress to support the Biden administration’s proposal to temporarily waive the federal fuel tax in 2022.[91]

While campaigning for reelection in 2022, Hassan expressed support for increasing the cap on income taxes that go into Social Security, suggesting that the rich “pay a little bit more into the system”.[113]

As governor, Hassan launched the Live Free and Start program to encourage tech startup companies to go to New Hampshire.[68]

Hassan opposed the Trump administration’s tariffs, saying they were causing inflation and hurting American’s retirement savings.[114]

Hassan has accused oil companies of raising prices despite record profits.[106]

Hassan supported raising New Hampshire’s cigarette tax and car registration fees in 2015.[45]

Hassan has proposed reducing the cost of living by reducing the federal fuel tax and taking action against the pharmaceutical industry. She is involved in efforts to increase financial assistance for home heating systems. Hassan supported the CHIPS and Science Act as a way to encourage domestic production of semiconductors.[106]

Education

Hassan supported increased spending for higher education as governor.[115] She oversaw the reduction of community college tuition and the freezing of state university tuition.[52] She also doubled tax credits for research and development in universities.[45]

Hassan vetoed a bill that would have challenged the use of Common Core standards in New Hampshire.[41]

In 2022, Hassan called for an investigation to determine whether student loan providers misled borrowers of non-qualified loans on their rights following bankruptcy.[116]

Hassan has argued that school vouchers disadvantage students with disabilities by leaving them in public schools while other students are able to attend private schools.[74]

Hassan supports reforming how elementary schools and high schools assess students.[22]

Environment

As a state senator, Hassan pushed to reduce mercury emissions in coal power plants.[47]

Hassan advocates a stronger response to prevent climate change,[117]

Firearms

In 2012, the National Review reported that Hassan had a “D” grade from the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF).[118][119] She supports a background check system to avoid gun sales to the mentally ill.[120] She was supported by Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg in the 2016 election.[121]

In March 2018, Hassan was one of 10 senators to sign a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman 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.[122]

Hassan opposed a bill that would have granted the right to concealed carry without a license.[41]

Foreign policy

In 2019, Hassan was among 23 Senate Democrats to vote for a resolution criticizing excessive withdrawal from Syria and Afghanistan.[123]

In 2021, Hassan introduced legislation tying foreign aid to prevention of fentanyl trafficking.[91]

In October 2023, Hassan visited China as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and met with General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping. The delegation also met Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhao Leji, and Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Chen Jining.[124]

Hassan endorsed the airstrike on Syria Trump ordered in 2017 as retaliation for a Syrian chemical attack against its own people, but insisted that Trump not take further action without consulting Congress and international allies.[125]

Following the 2021 American withdrawal from Afghanistan, Hassan criticized Biden’s decision to follow a deadline for withdrawal, which she called arbitrary.[106]

Hassan believes the US should support Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian war and said it is important to support democracies.[106]

Gay rights

Hassan was an early Democratic supporter of same-sex marriage and helped legalize it in New Hampshire while in the state senate.[14] She presented three versions of a same-sex marriage bill, one of which gained enough support to pass both chambers.[24]

Health and healthcare

Hassan supported regulating healthcare costs in New Hampshire while she was in the state senate.[12]

Hassan obtained a Medicaid expansion for New Hampshire through the Affordable Care Act.[41]

As governor, Hassan sought an increase to the cigarette tax.[108]

Hassan opposed Trump’s healthcare reform in 2017 because it would reduce Medicaid spending, making it harder to combat the opioid epidemic.[68]

Following a complaint by a constituent, Hassan passed a bill in 2020 regulating hidden fees in medical bills.[126]

Hassan introduced a bill that would prevent discrimination against patients with disabilities when seeking organ transplants.[127]

Hassan endorsed the Biden administration’s decision to reduce restrictions on the prescription of buprenorphine as an alternative to opioids.[128]

Immigration

Hassan supports strengthening border control and criticized the Biden administration for insufficiently vetting immigrants.[106] She split with the Democratic Party in 2022 when she supported retaining Title 42 expulsion, which allowed the government to expel asylum seekers as a means to prevent the spread of COVID-19.[91] She was criticized for traveling to the Mexico–United States border in 2022 and recording a video by the border wall to express support for retaining Title 42 expulsion.[129] Both major parties responded negatively, describing the trip as a photo op, with especially strong backlash from Latino political groups.[130]

Hassan criticized the travel ban implemented by the Trump administration in 2017, calling it “a backdoor Muslim ban”.[131]

Of the possibility of a border wall, Hassan said she supported closing gaps in physical barriers.[132]

Hassan supported barring entrance for Syrian refugees during the Syrian refugee crisis until vetting procedures were expanded.[133]

In 2025, Hassan was one of 12 Senate Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the Laken Riley Act.[134]

Infrastructure and transportation

As governor, Hassan unsuccessfully pushed for a commuter rail to Boston.[41]

As a senator, Hassan passed legislation in 2017 protecting passenger rights following the violent removal of a passenger on a United Airlines flight and granting protections for passengers with disabilities.[74]

Hassan supports the expansion of broadband internet and incorporated it into infrastructure legislation in 2021.[91]

Hassan voted in favor of seat belt legislation while serving in the New Hampshire Senate.[33]

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 funded privately and constructed on federal land in Washington, D.C. to honor journalists, photographers, and broadcasters who died in the line of duty.[135]

Judiciary

Hassan has supported term limits for Supreme Court justices but opposes increasing the court’s size.[132]

National security

Hassan has pushed for expanding cybersecurity measures, including the establishment of Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity coordinators with each state.[76] As governor, she formed the New Hampshire Cybersecurity Integration Center.[136]

Hassan introduced provisions into the annual defense budget to prevent women in the military from paying more for their uniforms.[137]

Hassan opposes closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, breaking with her party.[138]

Personal life

Hassan is a member of the United Church of Christ.[93] She is married to Thomas Hassan, a principal of Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, whom she met while attending Brown University. In 2016, The Association of Boarding Schools censured Thomas Hassan for failing to disclose a former Phillips Exeter teacher’s sexual misconduct.[139][14] They have two children, and she cites her son’s cerebral palsy as a reason for entering politics.[47]

Hassan has received honorary doctorates from the University of New Hampshire (2013),[140] Northeastern University (2013),[141] Southern New Hampshire University (2014),[142] New Hampshire Institute of Art (2015),[143] New England College (2016),[144] and UNH School of Law (2017).[145]

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

[146]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMaggie Hassan 45,120 53.1
DemocraticJackie Cilley33,06638.9
DemocraticBill Kennedy5,9367.0
DemocraticOther8501.0
Total votes84,972 100
[147]
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2016 United States Senate election in New Hampshire[149]
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