Maggie Hassan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Maggie Hassan

American politician

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1958

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Maggie Hassan

  • Margaret C.
  • Hassan (; née Wood; born February 28, 1958) is an American politician and junior United States Senator from New Hampshire.
  • A Democrat, Hassan was elected to the Senate in the 2016 election.
  • She was the 81st Governor of New Hampshire, from 2013 to 2017.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Hassan is a graduate of Brown University and earned a J.D.
  • from the Northeastern University School of Law.
  • After graduating from law school in 1985, Hassan was a healthcare executive in Boston. Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002 after Democratic Party leaders recruited her.
  • She lost to incumbent Senator Russell Prescott but ran against Prescott again in 2004 and won.
  • Hassan was elected to a total of three two-year terms, representing New Hampshire's 23rd district from January 2005 to December 2010.
  • Hassan became the Majority Leader in the State Senate in 2008 before losing re-election in a 2010 rematch with Prescott.Hassan declared her candidacy for governor in October 2011.
  • Hassan defeated former State Senator Jacalyn Cilley in the Democratic primary and faced attorney and Republican nominee Ovide M.
  • Lamontagne in the general election.
  • Hassan won with 55 percent of the vote, becoming the state's second female governor.
  • Hassan won re-election in 2014.
  • Since becoming Governor of New Hampshire, Hassan was elected Vice Chair of the Democratic Governors Association and served as a superdelegate at the Democratic National Convention.In 2016, Hassan ran for the U.S.
  • Senate and narrowly defeated Kelly Ayotte, the Republican incumbent, by approximately a thousand votes (about 0.1 percent of the vote).
  • She is serving with Jeanne Shaheen, another former governor; New Hampshire's Senate delegation shares this distinction with that of Virginia (composed of former governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine).
  • Hassan and Shaheen are the only two women in American history to be elected as both a Governor and a Senator.

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