Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee
In office April 2, 2015 – February 6, 2018
Preceded by
Ben Cardin
Succeeded by
Ben Cardin
78th Governor of New Hampshire
In office January 9, 1997 – January 9, 2003
Preceded by
Steve Merrill
Succeeded by
Craig Benson
Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 21st district
In office December 5, 1990 – December 4, 1996
Preceded by
Franklin Torr
Succeeded by
Katie Wheeler
Personal details
Born
Cynthia Jeanne Bowers
(1947-01-28) January 28, 1947 (age 77) St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
William Shaheen
(m. 1972)
Children
3
Education
Shippensburg University (BA) University of Mississippi (MSS)
Signature
Website
Senate website
Shaheen's voice
Shaheen on her support of Julianne Smith to be U.S. Ambassador to NATO Recorded November 18, 2021
Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen (/ˈdʒiːnʃəˈhiːn/JEEN shə-HEEN; née Bowers, born January 28, 1947) is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire, a seat she has held since January 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she also 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.[1]
After serving two terms in the New Hampshire Senate, Shaheen was elected governor in 1996 and reelected in 1998 and 2000. In 2002, she unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate against Republican nominee John E. Sununu. 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 is the dean of New Hampshire's congressional delegation, serving in Congress since 2009.
Shaheen became the first Democratic senator from New Hampshire since John A. Durkin, who was defeated in 1980. In 2014, she became the second Democrat from New Hampshire to be reelected to the Senate and the first since Thomas J. McIntyre in 1972. She was reelected to a third term in 2020, defeating Republican nominee Bryant Messner.
^Katharine Q. Seelye (January 1, 2013). "From Congress to Halls of State, in New Hampshire, Women Rule". The New York Times.
Cynthia JeanneShaheen (/ˈdʒiːn ʃəˈhiːn/ JEEN shə-HEEN; née Bowers, born January 28, 1947) is an American politician and retired educator serving as the...
Democratic Senator JeanneShaheen ran for re-election to a second term in office. Primary elections were held on September 9, 2014. Shaheen was unopposed for...
a second term, but was defeated by Democrat JeanneShaheen in a rematch of the 2002 election. Shaheen's win marked the first time since 1972 that Democrats...
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Republican nominee Don Bolduc. She is serving with JeanneShaheen, another former governor. Hassan and Shaheen are the only two women in American history to...
2020. JeanneShaheen, incumbent U.S. senator Tom Alciere, former Republican state representative Paul J. Krautmann, former dentist JeanneShaheen Federal...
seeking the Republican nomination to oppose incumbent Democratic Senator JeanneShaheen in the 2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire. In January...
who declared a write-in candidacy for the seat. Two-term Democrat JeanneShaheen won a third term in office by nearly 16 percentage points, defeating...
25, 2023) Bob Menendez, New Jersey, Chair (until September 22, 2023) JeanneShaheen, New Hampshire Chris Coons, Delaware Chris Murphy, Connecticut Tim Kaine...
elected two Democratic governors during this period. State Senator JeanneShaheen was elected governor in 1996, 1998, and 2000, and following Republican...
Committee: Gary Peters (MI) Vice Chair of the Democratic Steering Committee: JeanneShaheen (NH) Vice Chair of the Democratic Outreach Committee: Catherine Cortez...
of the 112th United States Congress in 2011, New Hampshire Democrat JeanneShaheen was joined by newly elected Republican Kelly Ayotte, making up the first...
Retrieved January 4, 2017. "Gov. JeanneShaheen". NGA.org. Retrieved April 4, 2019. "Granite State Stories: JeanneShaheen is first woman elected governor...
under in "Labor issues". Ayotte and Democratic New Hampshire Senator JeanneShaheen co-sponsored a bill to combat pregnancy discrimination in the workplace...
Representatives. The current dean of the New Hampshire delegation is Senator JeanneShaheen, having served in the Senate since 2009. From 1843, four seats were...
gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1996. State Senator JeanneShaheen won the election, marking the first time since 1980 that a Democrat...
Governor JeanneShaheen. As of 2023[update], this was the last time Republicans or a male candidate won the Class 2 Senate seat in New Hampshire; Shaheen defeated...
to class 2 and class 3. The state's current senators are Democrats JeanneShaheen and Maggie Hassan making it one of only four states alongside Minnesota...
by JeanneShaheen Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee In office February 6, 2018 – February 3, 2021 Preceded by JeanneShaheen Succeeded...
place in 2024, for the completion of the term. Three-term Democrat JeanneShaheen was re-elected in 2020 with 56.6% of the vote. On the Republican side...
One-term incumbent Democrat JeanneShaheen had been elected with 52% of the vote in 2008. Shaheen ran for re-election. Shaheen defeated Republican nominee...
November 5, 2002, in an open race to succeed the retiring governor, JeanneShaheen. In the primaries, Benson spent more than $15 million—$11 million of...
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