Women Rule New Hampshire From Concord to Capitol Hill
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New Hampshire voters on Election Day decided that women would represent them best, making their state the first in the U.S. to put female politicians in control of the governor’s office and the entire congressional delegation.
Democrats Carol Shea-Porter and Ann McLane Kuster ousted incumbent Republican men to represent the state in the House and join Senators Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, and Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, who weren’t up for re-election. Governor-Elect Maggie Hassan, a Democratic state senator, will replace Democrat John Lynch, who chose not to seek a fifth two-year term.