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Senator
Margaret Wood Hassan, D-Exeter
Senate District 23
Sen. Margaret "Maggie" Wood Hassan was elected to the New
Hampshire Senate in November 2004. She currently holds the position of
Senate Majority Leader.
The senator serves as the chairwoman of the Commerce, Labor and Consumer
Protection Committee, Vice-Chairwoman of the Capital Budget Committee and as a member of the Finance Committee.
She also is chairwoman of
the Veteran's Employment Commission and serves on the State's Veteran's Advisory Committee.
Hassan's legislative priorities center on ways to improve the economic
conditions for New Hampshire's businesses and working families, including
increase the supply of affordable workforce housing and improving access
to affordable health insurance and health care. Senator Hassan also
believes that New Hampshire's high quality of life and future success is
tied to strong support for a varied and inclusive education system,
environmental protection and the development of a "green"
economy. Her legislative priorities and record reflect a broad range of
initiatives to support that philosophy.
The senator is married to Thomas E. Hassan, and has two children, Ben and
Meg. She is a practicing attorney at law, and earned her juris doctor
from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, and her bachelor's
degree from Brown University in Providence, R.I.
Born in Boston, Hassan is an Exeter resident and has been involved in a
variety of community and civic activities, including service on the
Advisory Committee to the Adequacy in Education and Finance Commission, as
a volunteer for Exeter public schools, as a board member of Community
Developmental Services and as a board member of the Disabilities Rights
Center.
Senate District 23 comprises: East
Kingston, Exeter, Kensington, Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, Newton,
Seabrook, South Hampton and Stratham.
Contact Information:
Senate Office:
State House
107 N. Main St., Room 302
Concord, N.H. 03301
(603) 271-2111
maggie.hassan@leg.state.nh.us
Home:
31 Elliot St.
Exeter, N.H. 03833-2728
(603) 772-4187
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