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{{Officeholder
|name=Jeanne Shaheen
|image=000shaheen.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Bill Shaheen
|religion=Protestantism
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=New Hampshire
|terms=January 3, 2009 – Present
|preceded=[[John Sununu]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=New Hampshire
|terms=January 9, 1997 – January 9, 2003
|preceded=Steve Merrill
|former=n
|succeeded=Craig Benson
}}
}}
'''Jeanne Shaheen''' (born January 28, 1947) is the junior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[New Hampshire]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. She has voted with her Democrat colleagues 94.8% of the time. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/S001181/</ref> Previously she served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1997-2003. As Governor she established New Hampshire's first Property Tax, and proposed a 2.5% sales tax, which was rejected by the State House. <ref>http://www.nhpr.org/node/12285</ref> She also signed environmental legislation over pollutants from power plants. Shaheen unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in 2002. During the campaign she endorsed regime change in [[Iraq]]. "I came out very early in support of the president on Iraq, and I came out very early the day the White House and the House leadership negotiated the resolution on Iraq." <ref>http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/REPOSITORY/707120331&template=page2</ref> In 2004, she served as national chair of [[John Kerry]]'s presidential campaign and vice chair of the 2004 [[Democratic National Convention]].
Shaheen was elected to the Senate in 2008, defeating [[Republican]] [[John Sununu]] 52% to 45%.
==External links==
*[http://shaheen.senate.gov/ Official Site]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Jeanne_Shaheen.htm On the Issues]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
|name=Jeanne Shaheen
|image=000shaheen.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Bill Shaheen
|religion=Protestantism
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=New Hampshire
|terms=January 3, 2009 – Present
|preceded=[[John Sununu]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=New Hampshire
|terms=January 9, 1997 – January 9, 2003
|preceded=Steve Merrill
|former=n
|succeeded=Craig Benson
}}
}}
'''Jeanne Shaheen''' (born January 28, 1947) is the junior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[New Hampshire]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. She has voted with her Democrat colleagues 94.8% of the time. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/S001181/</ref> Previously she served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1997-2003. As Governor she established New Hampshire's first Property Tax, and proposed a 2.5% sales tax, which was rejected by the State House. <ref>http://www.nhpr.org/node/12285</ref> She also signed environmental legislation over pollutants from power plants. Shaheen unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate in 2002. During the campaign she endorsed regime change in [[Iraq]]. "I came out very early in support of the president on Iraq, and I came out very early the day the White House and the House leadership negotiated the resolution on Iraq." <ref>http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/REPOSITORY/707120331&template=page2</ref> In 2004, she served as national chair of [[John Kerry]]'s presidential campaign and vice chair of the 2004 [[Democratic National Convention]].
Shaheen was elected to the Senate in 2008, defeating [[Republican]] [[John Sununu]] 52% to 45%.
==External links==
*[http://shaheen.senate.gov/ Official Site]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Jeanne_Shaheen.htm On the Issues]
==References==
{{reflist|2}}