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New Hampshire was admitted to the Union on June 21, 1788. It elects United States senators to class 2 and class 3.The state's current senators are Democrats Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan making it one of only four states alongside Minnesota, Nevada and Washington to have two female U.S. senators.
Shaheen is the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator, [1] and the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire. 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.
The New Hampshire Senate is the upper house of the New Hampshire General Court, alongside the lower New Hampshire House of Representatives. The Senate has been meeting since 1784. [1] The Senate consists of 24 members representing Senate districts based on population. There are 16 Republicans and 8 Democrats currently serving in the Senate.
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.
“For two decades, the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan relied on trusted Afghan allies who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with American troops,” Shaheen, the New Hampshire senator, said in a ...
These are tables of congressional delegations from New Hampshire to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. The current dean of the New Hampshire delegation is Senator Jeanne Shaheen, having served in the Senate since 2009.
The 2024 New Hampshire Senate elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect all 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate. Primary elections were held on September 10, 2024. [ 1 ] The elections coincided with the Presidential , U.S. House , and State House elections.
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (born September 1982) is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 21st district since 2020. Her district encompasses Portsmouth, Durham, Newmarket, Lee, Newfields, Madbury, and Newington. [1] She is the first openly LGBTQ+ woman elected to the New Hampshire Senate. [2]