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| − | '''Kelly A. Ayotte''' (born June 27, 1968, in Nashua, N.H) currently serves as the junior [[Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from [[New Hampshire]], having been elected in the 2010 election by a 60%-37% margin against U.S. Representative [[Paul Hodes]]. At the age of 42, she is the youngest women in the U.S. Senate. | + | '''Kelly A. Ayotte''' (born June 27, 1968, in Nashua, N.H) currently serves as the junior [[Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from [[New Hampshire]], having been elected in the 2010 election by a 60%-37% margin against U.S. Representative [[Paul Hodes]]. At the age of 42, she is the youngest woman in the U.S. Senate. |
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| | Ayotte served as the Attorney General of [[New Hampshire]] from 2004 through her resignation in 2009. Previously she served as Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Homicide Unit and led the prosecution of numerous murder cases. | | Ayotte served as the Attorney General of [[New Hampshire]] from 2004 through her resignation in 2009. Previously she served as Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Homicide Unit and led the prosecution of numerous murder cases. |
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| | 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. | | 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. |
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| − | She won the endorsement of [[Sarah Palin]] and defeated [[Tea Party Movement | Tea Party]] backed [[Ovide Lamontagne]] as the Republican Senate nominee for New Hampshire. Ayoe told the conservative magazine [[National Review]] that "I stand with [the tea party] on those issues, on protecting individual freedom. We need to stop the unprecedented expansion of government, appeasing our enemies, and creating an entitlement culture." <ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759352</ref> | + | She won the endorsement of [[Sarah Palin]] and defeated [[Tea Party Movement | Tea Party]] backed [[Ovide Lamontagne]] as the Republican Senate nominee for New Hampshire. Ayotte told the conservative magazine [[National Review]] that "I stand with [the tea party] on those issues, on protecting individual freedom. We need to stop the unprecedented expansion of government, appeasing our enemies, and creating an entitlement culture." <ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20101106/pl_cq_politics/politics000003759352</ref> |
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| | [[Category:United States Senators]] | | [[Category:United States Senators]] |
| | [[Category:New Hampshire]] | | [[Category:New Hampshire]] |
| | [[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]] | | [[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]] |