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The State of New Hampshire has a republican form of government modeled after the Government of the United States,with three branches:the executive,consisting of the Governor of New Hampshire and the other elected constitutional officers;the legislative,called the New Hampshire General Court,which includes the Senate and the House of Representatives;and the judicial,consisting of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire and lower courts.
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. The Senate consists of 24 members representing Senate districts based on population. There are 14 Republicans and 10 Democrats currently serving in the Senate.
The New Hampshire Democratic Party (NHDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Its chair is Raymond Buckley,and its vice chairs are Martha Fuller Clark and Bette Lasky. The most recent Democratic governor was Maggie Hassan,who served from 2013 to 2017.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of New Hampshire enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT people,with most advances in LGBT rights occurring in the state within the past two decades. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in New Hampshire,and the state began offering same-sex couples the option of forming a civil union on January 1,2008. Civil unions offered most of the same protections as marriages with respect to state law,but not the federal benefits of marriage. Same-sex marriage in New Hampshire has been legally allowed since January 1,2010,and one year later New Hampshire's civil unions expired,with all such unions converted to marriages. New Hampshire law has also protected against discrimination based on sexual orientation since 1998 and gender identity since 2018. Additionally,a conversion therapy ban on minors became effective in the state in January 2019. In effect since January 1,2024,the archaic common-law "gay panic defence" was formally abolished;by legislation implemented within August 2023.
Karen Eileen Spilka is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate. She represents the towns of Ashland,Framingham,Holliston,Hopkinton,Medway and Natick in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts. She has served as the 95th President of the Massachusetts Senate since July 2018. Previously she served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005.
Molly Kelly is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the New Hampshire Senate,representing the 10th District from 2006 until 2016. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in the 2018 election.
Margaret Coldwell Hassan 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.
Elections in the U.S. state of New Hampshire are held at national,state and local level. The state holds the first presidential primary in the national cycle. Elections for a range of state positions coincide with biennial elections for the House of Representatives.
Ann L. McLane Kuster is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously worked as a lobbyist.
New Hampshire's 15th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Becky Whitley since 2020,when fellow Democrat Dan Feltes stepped down to run for governor.
Charles W. Morse is an American politician who served as president of the New Hampshire Senate and was acting governor of New Hampshire in 2017. Morse represented New Hampshire's 22nd State Senate district from 2010 to 2022,having previously held the same office from 2002 to 2006.
Donna M. Soucy is an American attorney and Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate,first elected in 2012 in the 18th district. She is previously served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate,from December 5,2018 until December 2,2020. Soucy serves on the Senate Commerce,and Rules and Enrolled Bills committees,in addition to the Joint Fiscal Committee Soucy has also previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as a Manchester alderman.
Andy Sanborn is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate,representing the 9th district between 2012 and 2018,and previously the 7th district from 2010 to 2012.
Jay Kahn is an American politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire Senate for the 10th district,in the southwestern corner of the state and including Alstead,Chesterfield,Gilsum,Harrisville,Hinsdale,Keene,Marlborough,Nelson,Roxbury,Sullivan,Surry,Swanzey,Walpole,Westmoreland and Winchester,New Hampshire. Kahn was elected Mayor of Keene,New Hampshire in 2023,receiving 91.4% of the vote. At the very least 500 people voted,meaning at the very least Kahn received 457 votes.
Steve Negron is an American politician from Nashua,New Hampshire who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for the United States Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in 2018 and 2020,losing both times to Democratic incumbent Annie Kuster.
Regina Birdsell is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 19th district since 2014. She previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2010 to 2014.
Martha S. Hennessey is an American politician who served in the New Hampshire Senate for the 5th district from 2016 until 2020. She was the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee,and served on Transportation and Health and Human Services Committees. She previously served on the Children and Family Law Committee in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the Grafton 12 district from 2014 to 2016.
Josh Yokela is an American Republican legislator elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives on November 6,2018. He was elected to represent Rockingham 33 district which includes the towns of Brentwood,Danville,and Fremont. He sits on the Children and Family Law Committee which hears matters including the rights of children,divorce,and child support. He lives in Fremont,New Hampshire and holds positions on the Fremont Zoning Board of Adjustments and the Fremont Budget Committee.
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka 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.
Erin Tapper Hennessey is an American politician serving as the Deputy Secretary of State of New Hampshire. She was formerly a member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 1st district,serving from 2020 to 2022.
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- ↑ "About Becky". Beckywhitley.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "New Hampshire Primary Results". Wcvb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
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- ↑ "Bill to limit school resource officers sees resistance from New Hampshire police departments". Concordmonitor.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
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- ↑ "Platform". Beckywhitley.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ↑ "Senate District 15". Gencourt.state.nh.gov. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ↑ "New Hampshire State Senate District 15". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
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