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Bedford is a town in Hillsborough County,New Hampshire,United States. At the 2020 census,the population was 23,322,reflecting a growth of 10% from 2010. Bedford is a suburb of Manchester,New Hampshire's largest city.
Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire,a seat she has held since January 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,she also served as the 78th governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003. Shaheen is the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator,and the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire.
The Miss New Hampshire is the scholarship program that selects the representative for the state of New Hampshire in the Miss America competition.
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,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of New Hampshire enjoy the same rights as non-LGBTQ 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Dan Feltes is an American lawyer,a member of the Democratic Party,and represented the 15th district of the New Hampshire Senate from 2014 until 2020. At the age of 39,Feltes became the youngest Majority Leader in the history of the New Hampshire Senate. Feltes was characterized by Steve Shurtleff,the former Speaker of the New Hampshire House,as the most effective consensus builder at the State House in two decades. He was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2020,he now teaches at Iowa Law school,and is a practicing attorney at Iowa Legal Aid.
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Sherman Adams Packard is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire. He is the speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,sitting as a Republican from the Rockingham 5 district,having been first elected in 1990.
New Hampshire's 9th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Republican Denise Ricciardi since 2020,following her defeat of incumbent Democrat Jeanne Dietsch.
The 2020 New Hampshire Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. New Hampshire voters elected state senators in all of the state's 24 senate districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the New Hampshire Senate,with all of the seats up for election each cycle. The primary elections on September 8,2020,determined which candidates will appear on the November 3,2020,general election ballot.
The 2022 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican governor Chris Sununu won re-election to a fourth term,defeating Democratic nominee Tom Sherman.
Beginning shortly after the city's incorporation as a city in 1846,elections have been held in the mayor of Manchester,New Hampshire. The following article provides information on the elections for mayor in the city during the 21st century.
The 2022 New Hampshire Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. New Hampshire voters elected state senators in all of the state's 24 senate districts. State senators serve two-year terms in the New Hampshire Senate,with all of the seats up for election each cycle. The primary elections held on September 13,2022,determined which candidates would appear on the November 8,2022,general election ballot.
The 2024 New Hampshire Senate elections will be held on November 5,2024,to elect all 24 seats in the New Hampshire Senate. Primary elections will be held on September 10,2024. The elections will coincide with the Presidential,U.S. House,and State House elections.
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- ↑ "Senator Denise Ricciardi (R-Bedford)". New Hampshire State Senate. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ "Denise Ricciardi for NH Senate". Denise Ricciardi. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
- ↑ Timmons, Jesseca (2024-10-07). "NH Sen. Ricciardi receives water advocate award - Manchester Ink Link" . Retrieved 2024-10-13.
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