Victoria Sullivan | |
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Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the Hillsborough 16th district | |
In office December 3, 2014 –December 5, 2018 Servingwith Barbara Shaw | |
Preceded by | David McCloskey |
Succeeded by | Joshua Query |
Personal details | |
Born | June 21,1968 |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Buddy |
Children | 2 |
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Website | Campaign website |
Victoria L. Sullivan (born June 21,1968) is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire. She was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,sitting as a Republican from the Hillsborough 16 district,having been first elected in 2014. [1] She lost reelection in 2018. [2]
As a State Representative Sullivan sponsored the Play Based Kindergarten bill which became law in 2018 and has been used as a template for Play-Based learning across the country.
Representative Sullivan was asked to participate in a national panel presented by the Brookings Institute because of her work in this field.
Sullivan also sponsored one of the strongest bills in the nation that criminalizes Female Genital Mutilation and has been recognized for her work protecting women and girls from this brutal practice.
As a State Representative Sullivan also put in numerous bills to help combat the opioid crisis facing NH and in particular her city of Manchester.
Representative Sullivan served on the House Education Committee for four years and also served in House leadership as an Assistant Majority Leader
Sullivan ran for Mayor of Manchester in 2019,losing to incumbent Joyce Craig in the city's non-partisan election,taking 43% of the vote to Craig's 57%. [3] In the 2021 mayoral election,Sullivan made it into the general election after a recount confirmed she came in second. [4] In the general election,Sullivan was beaten by Craig again. [5]
In a special election to fill the remaining term of Manchester Ward 9 Alderman Barbara Shaw held in March 2022,Sullivan lost to former Manchester Fire Chief Jim Burkush. [6]
Since that time she has started and chaired a sober home in Manchester and took a position as director of Freedom Staffing, a non-profit staffing agency that works to remove barriers to employment to those who are re-entering the workforce after being in recovery,homeless,and/or incarcerated. She also serves on the Oversight Commission for Children's Services.
She attended Northern Essex Community College and Medway High School. [7] [8] [9]
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