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Molly Kelly
Molly Kelly is an American politician in New Hampshire. 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. Early life and education Kelly was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana as one of 11 children. She later moved to Massachusetts, married and had three children, and then moved to Keene, New Hampshire, where she raised her children as a single mother and became a Keene State College student. While a student, she became the manager of the apartment complex where she resided with her children. Kelly completed her bachelor's degree from Keene State College and a J.D. degree from the Franklin Pierce Law Center. State Senate Kelly was first elected to represent District 10 in the New Hampshire Senate in 2006 and was re-elected for five terms until she decided to not seek reelection in 2016. During her tenure, she was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Hampshire's 10th State Senate District
New Hampshire's 10th State Senate district is one of 24 districts in the New Hampshire Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Donovan Fenton since 2022. Geography District 10 covers most of Cheshire County in the far southwestern corner of the state, including the towns of Alstead, Chesterfield, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Nelson, Roxbury, Sullivan, Surry, Swanzey, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester. The district is located entirely within New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. It borders the states of Massachusetts and Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to .... Recent election results 2022 Elections prior to 2022 were held under different district lines. Historical election results 2020 2018 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vox (website)
''Vox'' () is an American news and opinion website owned by Vox Media. The website was founded in April 2014 by Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and Melissa Bell, and is noted for its concept of explanatory journalism. Vox's media presence also includes a YouTube channel, several podcasts, and a show presented on Netflix. ''Vox'' has been described as left-of-center and progressive. History Prior to founding ''Vox'', Ezra Klein worked for ''The Washington Post'' as the head of Wonkblog, a public policy blog. When Klein attempted to launch a new site using funding from the newspaper's editors, his proposal was turned down and Klein subsequently left ''The Washington Post'' for a position with Vox Media, another communications company, in January 2014. ''The New York Times'' David Carr associated Klein's exit for ''Vox'' with other "big-name journalists" leaving newspapers for digital start-ups, such as Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher (of '' Recode'', which was later acquired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keene State College Alumni
Keene may refer to: Places ;In Canada * Keene, Ontario, a small community in Ontario, Canada ;In the United States: * Keene, California, a census-designated place * Keene, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Keene, Kentucky, a city * Keene, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Keene, New Hampshire, city and county seat of Cheshire County * Keene, New York, a town * Keene, North Dakota, an unincorporated community * Keene, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Keene, Texas, a city * Keene, Virginia, an unincorporated town community * Keene, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Keene Township (other) * Keene Pond, pond in Duxbury, Massachusetts In education * Keene State College, an institution of the University System of New Hampshire * Keene High School, public high school located in Keene, New Hampshire * Keene Independent School District, public school district based in Keene, Texas People * Keene (surname), people with that name * Keene Fitz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Births
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Feltes
Dan Feltes (born March 23, 1979) is an American lawyer, a member of the Democratic Party, and represented the 15th district of the New Hampshire Senate from 2014 until 2020. Feltes was chair of the Senate Ways & Means committee and was vice chair of the Finance, Energy & Natural Resources, and Rules & Enrolled Bills committees. At the age of 39, Feltes became the youngest Majority Leader in the history of the New Hampshire Senate. Feltes and his wife, Erin, are both natives of Iowa, and they moved back to Iowa in the fall of 2021 after Erin accepted a job at the University of Iowa. Early life and career Feltes grew up in Dubuque, Iowa. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Iowa, a J.D. degree from the University of Iowa College of Law and a Master of Public Policy degree from Georgetown University. Dan grew up in a working-class family, with his father working in a furniture factory for his entire adult life and his mother working part-time jobs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 New Hampshire Gubernatorial Election
The 2018 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of New Hampshire. Incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican Governor Chris Sununu won re-election to a second term, defeating former state senator Molly Kelly. Sununu was the first incumbent Republican to win reelection as governor since Steve Merrill was reelected in 1994 New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 1994. Primary elections were held on September 11, 2018. The gubernatorial election was coincident with races for the New Hampshire House of Representatives, state legislature and the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, United States House of Representatives. Background New Hampshire is one of only two states, along with Vermont, where governors are elected to two-year terms. Republican Chris Sununu was elected in the New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2016, 2016 election. Republican primary Candidates Declared * Chris Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Van Ostern
Colin Van Ostern (born Kevin Colin O’Loughlin; February 14, 1979), is an American businessman and politician who served on the New Hampshire Executive Council from 2013 to 2017, where he represented the state's second district. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in 2016. He was a candidate for a two-year term as New Hampshire Secretary of State in the New Hampshire General Court's 2018 election, which he lost to incumbent Bill Gardner. Van Ostern currently serves as President and COO of Alumni Ventures, an investment firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire. Early life and education Van Ostern was born in Carlsbad, California. He moved repeatedly as a young child, arriving in New Hampshire in 2001 in his early twenties. He attended high school at Maggie Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies in Richmond, Virginia, and college in Washington, D.C. at George Washington University, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisville, New Hampshire
Harrisville is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. Besides the town center, it also includes the villages of Chesham and Eastview. The population of the town was 984 at the 2020 census. Harrisville is a unique, preserved 19th-century mill town located in the Monadnock region of southern New Hampshire. There are nine bodies of water in the town, many back roads and trails to explore, and two original train depots at Harrisville and Chesham. History First known as "Twitchell's Mills", a combination sawmill and gristmill was built here in 1774. The town of Harrisville was formed in 1870 from lands ceded by Marlborough, Dublin, Hancock, Nelson, and Roxbury. The Manchester & Keene Railroad opened in 1878, helping it prosper as a textile mill town. It was named for Milan Harris, whose stone and brick Cheshire Mills operated until 1970, but look virtually unchanged since the mid-19th century. Today, the Cheshire Mills are protected as part of the Harrisville Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Kuster
Ann L. McLane Kuster (born September 5, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously worked as a lobbyist. Early life and education Kuster was born in Concord, New Hampshire, on September 5, 1956. Both her parents were politicians. Her father, Malcolm McLane, was mayor of Concord, a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, and an owner of Wildcat Mountain Ski Area. In 1972, he ran for governor of New Hampshire as an independent. He received 20% of the vote in an election that Republican Mel Thomson won with a plurality of 40%. Kuster's mother, Susan McLane, was elected to the New Hampshire Senate as a Republican."Kuster makes House run official" Concord Monitor (June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Hassan
Margaret Coldwell Hassan (; née Wood; born February 27, 1958) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire. A Democrat, Hassan was elected to the Senate in 2016 while serving as the 81st governor of New Hampshire, an office she held from 2013 to 2017. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Hassan is a graduate of Brown University and earned a J.D. from the Northeastern University School of Law. After graduating from law school in 1985, she worked at the law firm Palmer & Dodge. She later worked as associate general counsel for Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002 after Democratic Party leaders recruited her. She lost to incumbent Russell Prescott but ran against Prescott again in 2004 and won. Hassan was elected to a total of three two-year terms, representing New Hampshire's 23rd district from January 2005 to December 2010. She became the State Senate majority leader in 2008 befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Shaheen
Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen ( ; née Bowers, born January 28, 1947) is an American retired educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Shaheen served as the 78th governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003. She was the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire, the first woman elected to the Senate from New Hampshire, and the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator. After serving two terms in the New Hampshire Senate, Shaheen was elected governor in 1996 and reelected in 1998 and 2000. In 2002, she unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate against Republican nominee John E. Sununu. She served as director of the Harvard Institute of Politics before resigning to run for the U.S. Senate again in the 2008 election, defeating Sununu in a rematch. She is the dean of New Hampshire's congressional delegation, serving in Congress since 2009. Shaheen became the first Democratic senator f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Sununu
Christopher Thomas Sununu ( ; born November 5, 1974) is an American politician and engineer who has served as the 82nd governor of New Hampshire since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Sununu was a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from 2011 to 2017. Sununu earned a bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served as chief executive officer of the Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire. Sununu is a son of former New Hampshire governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu, and a younger brother of former U.S. representative and senator John E. Sununu. Sununu's 2021 budget proposal included phasing out New Hampshire's only state income tax—on dividends and interest income (which Sununu states unfairly targets senior citizens more likely to be living off those types of income); slightly reducing selected other taxes; and instituting targeted student loan relief for those ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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