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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]].  
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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 name="2016 New Hampshire Senate Election Results">[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==
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==United States Senate==
 
==United States Senate==
 
===2016 election===
 
===2016 election===
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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>
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Hassan was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 2016,<ref name="2016 New Hampshire Senate Election Results"/> 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===
 
===Tenure===
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