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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,the elected Executive Council,and subordinate agencies;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 16 Republicans and 8 Democrats currently serving in the Senate.
In response to court action in a number of states,the United States federal government and a number of state legislatures passed or attempted to pass legislation either prohibiting or allowing same-sex marriage or other types of same-sex unions.
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.
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.
Terie Norelli is a Democratic former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,serving the Rockingham 16th District and later 26th District from 1996 through 2014. She served as Speaker of the House for six years,from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2014. When Republicans regained control of the New Hampshire House in 2010,she became the Democratic minority leader. Norelli was the first Democratic speaker of the New Hampshire House in 84 years. When the Democrats regained control of the New Hampshire House in 2012,she was elected to the role of speaker again.
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.
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.
Sharon Carson is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 14th district since 2008. She previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Rockingham's 3rd district from 2000 to 2008.
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.
New Hampshire's 21st State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Rebecca Perkins Kwoka since 2020,succeeding fellow Democrat Martha Fuller Clark.
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.
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.
Rebecca Whitley is an American politician who has served in the New Hampshire Senate from the 15th district since 2020. A Democrat,she represents the state capital,Concord,as well as Hopkinton,Penacook,and Bow.
Tim Baxter is an American politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Rockingham 20 district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on December 2,2020.
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.
Beatrice Perin Barker Hall was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. Hall served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for a total of 28 years,serving non-consecutively from 1970 until 2008.
References
- ↑ "Senate District 21". Gencourt.state.nh.gov. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Perkins Kwoka becomes first openly LGBTQ+ woman elected to NH Senate". Seacoastonline.com. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Senate District 21". Gencourt.state.nh.gov. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "NH General Court".
- ↑ "Rebecca Perkins Kwoka". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ↑ Tracy, Paula (2024-11-08). "Senate Votes on Leadership Roles for Next Two Years". InDepthNH.org. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
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