Maureen Mooney is an American attorney, educator, and politician serving as a member of the

New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative district ...

from the Hillsborough 21 district. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on December 2, 2020. Mooney previously served as a member of the House from 2002 to 2008.

Education

Mooney earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the

Thomas More College of Liberal Arts The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts is a private Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Merrimack, New Hampshire. It emphasizes classical education in the Catholic intellectual tradition and is named after Saint Thomas More. It is accredite ...

, a

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from the Massachusetts School of Law, and a

Master of Education The Master of Education (MEd or M.Ed. or Ed.M.; Latin ''Magister Educationis'' or ''Educationis Magister'') is a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum a ...

from

New England College New England College (NEC) is a private liberal arts college in Henniker, New Hampshire. As of Fall 2020 New England College's enrollment was 4,327 students (1,776 undergraduate and 2,551 graduate). The college is regionally accredited by the Ne ...

Career

In 2000, Mooney became active in

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politics, serving as a delegate to the Republican State Convention. From 2008 to 2008, she served as a member of the

. In 2008, Mooney was a consultant and conservative outreach director for the

John McCain 2008 presidential campaign The 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain, the longtime senior U.S. Senator from Arizona, was launched with an informal announcement on February 28, 2007, during a live taping of the ''Late Show with David Letterman'', and formally launch ...

organization in New Hampshire. From 2009 to 2014, she worked as the associate dean at the American College of History and Legal Studies in Salem, New Hampshire. In 2014, she was an unsuccessful candidate for the

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, placing second in the Republican primary after Gary Daniels. From 2014 to 2020, she worked as an administrator at a

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. In 2020 Mooney was again elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Mooney was then appointed an assistant Republican whip.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mooney, Maureen Living people People from Merrimack, New Hampshire Massachusetts School of Law alumni New England College alumni Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives New Hampshire lawyers Educators from New Hampshire American women educators Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians