Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Jeanne Shaheen was sworn into office Tuesday as New Hampshire's first female U.S. senator, but said her excitement was tempered by the massive economic challenges facing the country.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
Jeanne Shaheen has been sworn into office as New Hampshire's newest U.S. senator and the first woman from the state to hold the post.
Queerty (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
"[Freshman Congresswoman Jeanne Shaheen will] be joined by several gay-friendly freshmen senators, including Mark Udall of Colorado and Tom Udall of New Mexico. The Udall cousins helped the House pass a 2007 bill to outlaw job discrimination based on sexual orientation and now will help in the Senate, where the measure has a steeper climb. The [...]
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
Part IV in a series of posts on the prospective elections for 2009 and 2010 tackles New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota and Ohio. New Hampshire The Senate race should be the biggest game in town next cycle. With former Governor Jeanne Shaheen having taken out Republican Sen. John Sununu in 2008, the party is enthusiastic about taking on three-term Sen. Judd...
VOT3R (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
Part IV in a series of posts on the prospective elections for 2009 and 2010 tackles New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota and Ohio. New Hampshire The Senate race should be the biggest game in town next cycle. With former Governor Jeanne Shaheen having taken out...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Preparations in Washington on Tuesday for the next Congress included introductions of Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and five other incoming Democratic senators.
VOT3R (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
There is an unusual amount of grousing here in New Hampshire on the part of some defeated candidates. I already posted yesterday about John Sununu's failure to call Jeanne Shaheen to congratulate her, a grievious breach of political etiquette by the second smartest senator from New Hampshire. Then...
Kiko's House (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The New Hampshire state Senate has become the first legislative body in the U.S. to have a female majority. Women will hold 13 of the 24 state Senate seats in the upcoming session. With Senator-elect Jeanne Shaheen and Representative Carol Shea-Porter, two-thirds of the Granite State's Washington delegation is female, too. More here . Hat tip to the Booman Tribune
Drudge Retort (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
New Hampshire has elected its first woman to the U.S. Senate, former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, and the first state Senate in the country to have more women than men.
Organizing Grievances (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
I love it when we're the ones who can speculate about our Dream Team Cabinet. As for who will run the show at Labor ... Former Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union Kay Hagan of North Carolina Jeanne Shaheen, former New Hampshire governor As of right now, I see one and only one politically acceptable name for this post. Et tu?
AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
U.S. Sen.-elect Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) On election night, working families got a big boost in the Senate, with strong victories by five pro-worker candidates: Rep. Mark Udall of Colorado , Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire , Rep. Tom Udall of New Mexico , Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Warner of Virginia . Now it looks like we can add a sixth name to the list of great new senators elected on Tuesday:...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Official election results from the Secretary of State's Office show former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen carried 8 of New Hampshire's ten counties on her way to defeating Sen. John Sununu on Tuesday.
Masson's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
The Democrats are looking to make gains in the U.S. Senate. Going into the election, Democrats controlled the chamber 51 to 49 (if you include Joe Lieberman). The Democrats didn’t lose any seats. They gained seats in Colorado - Mark Udall over Bob Schaffer New Hampshire - Jeanne Shaheen over John Sununu North Carolina - Kay Hagan over [...]
Blue Hampshire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Some preliminary numbers, via WMUR's AP feed . Note that these are not 100% reporting yet: Barack Obama: 55% John McCain: 44 Jeanne Shaheen: 52% John E. Sununu: 45% Carol Shea-Porter: 53% Jeb Bradley: 45% Paul Hodes: 57% Jennifer Horn: 41% John Lynch: 70% Joe Kenney: 27% Some other notables: Harold Janeway beat Andy Sanborn, which personally makes me very happy - Sanborn's mendacious, negative campaign...
Aviation Now (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Sununu, in his first term in the Senate, lost to former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat.
