Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 23rd district
In office December 1, 2004 – December 1, 2010
Preceded by
Russell Prescott
Succeeded by
Russell Prescott
Personal details
Born
Margaret Coldwell Wood[1]
(1958-02-27) February 27, 1958 (age 66)[2] Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Thomas Hassan
(m. 1983)
Children
2
Parent(s)
Robert Coldwell Wood Margaret Byers
Relatives
Frances P. Wood (sister) Frank Wood (brother)
Education
Brown University (BA) Northeastern University (JD)
Occupation
Politician
lawyer
Signature
Website
Senate website
Maggie Hassan's voice
Maggie Hassan questions witnesses on Career Pathway Programs Recorded May 15, 2022
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]
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^"Updated: NH Democrats to vote on superdelegate reform resolution at convention". WMUR. June 16, 2016.
^"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.
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^McCord, Michael (September 17, 2007). "Exeter Sen. Hassan Backs Hillary Clinton". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
^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.
^Connolly, Amy R.; Feller, Stephen (November 10, 2016). "Maggie Hassan narrowly defeats Kelly Ayotte for New Hampshire Senate seat". UPI. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
^"About Maggie". Maggie Hassan for Senate. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
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