Kelly Ayotte
Ayotte is a self-described "law-and-order Republican" who is pro-life (except in cases of rape, incest or medical emergency) and opposes same-sex marriage. If she had been a Senator at the time, Ayotte would have voted to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. She has criticized government's bailouts of the banks and the auto industry as well as the economic stimulus package. "They spent nearly $1 trillion of our money and said this is something that will stimulate our economy, you look at that bill, some of that spending doesn't even occur until 2019. You tell me how that's going to stimulate the economy right now." She added "We can't spend money we don't have." [1]
Kelly Ayotte is a graduate from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1990 and from the Villanova University School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree in 1993, where she served as Executive Editor of the Environmental Law Journal. Her husband is an Iraq war veteran who currently serves in the Air National Guard.
She won the endorsement of Sarah Palin and defeated Tea Party backed Ovide Lamontagne as the Republican Senate nominee for New Hampshire.