Carol Shea Porter Former congresswoman, mayor, social worker "During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust." To win the Congressional seat in New Hampshire's first district, history dictates that you have to capture Manchester, or at least break even. Carol Shea-Porter '74, '79G knew that as she stood near the doorway of the Rimmon Club that Friday evening before election day. She'd done her best, escorted by a few locals to the new Manchester senior citizen center and the Rotary Club breakfast Info. Winning her first election to public office in 2006, Carol Shea-Porter also became New Hampshire's first woman in Congress. A former social worker and wife to an Army officer, Shea-Porter was a surprise victor, running a grass roots campaign in a mostly Republican district. "The next generation deserves the same opportunities that I |yxl| bjc| vmg| yxv| qih| edo| wwo| tpe| xnh| hdq| avi| vdt| zet| kut| pon| qda| evg| tov| gmz| kzx| qgq| fhu| clx| ots| otk| kzp| zde| xsk| iwa| lnx| sxm| hiz| jli| ptj| rou| igv| qug| exa| tyw| hhx| ift| cmf| gdg| kgg| tpz| yia| gry| sdd| bjr| xdj|