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Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first female U.S. senator in New Hampshire's history, was the first female governor of New Hampshire, and was the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator in American history.After serving two terms in the New Hampshire Senate, Shaheen was elected governor in 1996 and reelected in 1998 and 2000. In 2002, she ran for the United States Senate unsuccessfully against Republican nominee John E. Sununu. She served as Director of the Harvard Institute of Politics before resigning to run for the U.S. Senate again in the 2008 election, defeating Sununu in a rematch. She is the dean of New Hampshire's congressional delegation.

Shaheen became the first Democratic senator from New Hampshire since John A. Durkin, who was defeated in 1980. In 2014, she became only the second Democrat from New Hampshire to be reelected to the U.S. Senate and the first since Thomas J. McIntyre in 1972. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. January 1947
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“I'll stand with President Bush on national security, the war on terrorism and to disarm Saddam Hussein.”

Jeanne Shaheen

2002 U.S. Senate Debate, October 2002 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Liwa3iliE

“I have supported the President in his efforts to disarm Saddam Hussein. I think Iraq poses a threat to the region; he poses a threat to our interests both abroad and here at home. And, I think it is important for the President to build support among our allies, to build support at the UN for what he's doing, but that face is that Saddam Hussein over last 11 years has refused to obey 16 UN resolutions. He is a megalomaniac. He's been a threat to his own people. And we can't negotiate with him in the same way that we've been able to negotiate with the heads of other opposing nations.”

Jeanne Shaheen

2002 U.S. Senate Debate, October 2002 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8_Mx4bqxhE

“I want to reiterate my support for President Bush's goals for regime change in Iraq.”

Jeanne Shaheen

New Hampshire Union-Leader, Fall 2002 http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/REPOSITORY/707120331/1043/NEWS01

“I supported the Bush tax cut.”

Jeanne Shaheen

2002 U.S. Senate Debate, October 2002 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Ts4HTG570

“I appreciate your concerns, and we have to be cautious and deliberate; however, I do agree with President Bush that Saddam has got to go. He poses too much of a threat.”

Jeanne Shaheen

"College Democrats root for Shaheen", Portsmouth Herald, 15 September 2002

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