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'''Margaret Coldwell "Maggie" Hassan''' is the current junior senator from [[New Hampshire]]. She was elected to the seat in 2016, defeated her then-incumbent Republican predecessor [[Kelly Ayotte]] in the 2016 Senate race by a slim margin of 743 votes.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/senate/new-hampshire/ 2016 New Hampshire Senate Election Results]</ref> Prior to serving in the Senate, Hassen was the Governor of New Hampshire. She is the second woman in American history to be elected as both Governor and United States Senator, along with fellow New Hampshire Senator [[Jeanne Shaheen]].
'''Margaret Coldwell “Maggie” Hassan''' is the current junior senator from [[New Hampshire]]. She was elected to the seat in 2016, defeated her then-incumbent Republican predecessor [[Kelly Ayotte]] in the 2016 Senate race by a slim margin of 743 votes.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/senate/new-hampshire/ 2016 New Hampshire Senate Election Results]</ref> Prior to serving in the Senate, Hassen was the Governor of New Hampshire. She is the second woman in American history to be elected as both Governor and United States Senator, along with fellow New Hampshire Senator [[Jeanne Shaheen]].
==Early political career==
==Early political career==
==Governor of New Hampshire==
==Governor of New Hampshire==
In 2013, she became the 81st Governor of New Hampshire. Throughout her two terms as Governor, she responsibly balanced the state budget; created a business-friendly environment that saw New Hampshire’s unemployment rate drop to among the lowest in the nation; worked to implement a comprehensive, hands-on approach to the heroin, fentanyl and opioid crisis; and froze in-state tuition at state universities for the first time in 25 years while lowering tuition at community colleges.
In 2013, she became the 81st Governor of New Hampshire. Throughout her two terms as Governor, she responsibly balanced the state budget; created a business-friendly environment that saw New Hampshire’s unemployment rate drop to among the lowest in the nation; worked to implement a comprehensive, hands-on approach to the heroin, fentanyl and opioid crisis; and froze in-state tuition at state universities for the first time in 25 years while lowering tuition at community colleges.
==United States Senate==
===2016 election===
Hassan was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 2016,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/new-hampshire-senate-ayotte-hassan New Hampshire U.S. Senate Results: Maggie Hassan Wins]</ref> defeating [[Republican]] then-incumbent [[Kelly Ayotte]] by 0.1% of the vote after the latter opposed [[Donald Trump]].<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/10/kelly-ayotte-struggle-political-survival-donald-trump/ Can Kelly Ayotte Outrun Donald Trump?]</ref>
===Tenure===
Hassan was attacked by the [[far-left]] [[ACLU]] after joining a Senate bi-partisan effort in supporting anti-[[BDS]] legislation.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2017/07/27/left-eating-its-own-aclu-attacks-progressive-senator-hassan-for-supporting-anti-bds-legislation/# ACLU Attacks Progressive Senator Maggie Hassan for Supporting Anti-BDS Legislation]</ref>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==