Sharon Carson | |
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President of the New Hampshire Senate | |
Assumed office December 4, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Jeb Bradley |
Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate | |
In office December 7,2022 –December 4,2024 | |
Preceded by | Jeb Bradley |
Succeeded by | Regina Birdsell |
President pro tempore of the New Hampshire Senate | |
In office December 4,2020 –December 7,2022 | |
Preceded by | Martha Fuller Clark |
Succeeded by | Jim Gray |
In office December 5,2014 –December 5,2018 | |
Preceded by | Bob Odell |
Succeeded by | Martha Fuller Clark |
Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 14th district | |
Assumed office December 3,2008 | |
Preceded by | Robert Clegg Jr. |
Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the Rockingham's 3rd district | |
In office December 6,2000 –December 3,2008 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
Personal details | |
Born | Limestone,Maine,U.S. | November 11,1957
Political party | Republican |
Education | Mount Wachusett Community College University of New Hampshire,Durham (BA,MA) |
Website | Official website |
Sharon Carson (born November 11,1957) 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. [1] [2]
She also serves as a professor at Nashua Community College for American Government and Politics.
Following the 2024 New Hampshire Senate elections,Carson was unanimously elected to serve as President of the New Hampshire Senate. [3] [4]
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