Maggie Hassan a powerful woman with many important contributions to United States government. She became most commonly known for being an American politician and junior United States Senator from New Hampshire. A Democrat, Hassan was elected to the Senate in the 2016 election. She was also the 81st Governor of New Hampshire, from 2013 to 2017. Hassan first ran for the New Hampshire Senate in 2002 after Democratic Party leaders recruited her. She lost to incumbent Senator Russell Prescott but ran against Prescott again in 2004 and won. Not only winning but Hassan was elected to a total of three two-year terms, representing New Hampshire's 23rd district from January 2005 to December 2010. Hassan became the Majority Leader in the State Senate in 2008 before losing re-election in a 2010 rematch with Prescott. Never Giving up on progression, Hassan declared her candidacy for governor in October 2011. Hassan defeated former State Senator Jacalyn Cilley in the Democratic primary and faced attorney and Republican nominee Ovide M. Lamontagne in the general election. Hassan won with 55 percent of the vote, becoming the state's second female governor. Hassan won re-election in 2014. Since becoming Governor of New Hampshire, Hassan was elected Vice Chair of the Democratic Governors Association and served as a superdelegate at the Democratic National Convention. In 2016, Hassan ran for the U.S. Senate and narrowly defeated Kelly Ayotte. Margaret Coldwell Hassan also known as Maggie Hassan was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 27, 1958 and is currently at the age of 62. She is the daughter of Margaret and Robert Coldwell Wood, a political scientist who served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Lyndon Johnson administration. She has two siblings, including Tony award-winning actor Frank Wood. Wood grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts. As a child she sang in school choirs and at church. Politics was something that ran in the family, her parents were politically active, and young Maggie collated mailers for the League of Women Voters. A very educated young Hassan went to attend Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and graduated with the Class of 1976. Wood earned her B.A. degree from Brown University in 1980. While there, Wood met her future husband, Thomas Hassan, also a student at the university. Never giving up on educating herself, she received a J.D. degree from the Northeastern University School of Law in 1985. In her early career from 1985 to 1999, Hassan worked as an attorney. From 1985 to 1992. Hassan's husband, Thomas, was principal of Phillips Exeter Academy from 2008 to 2015, and as of 2016 is the president of School Year Abroad. When he was principal of Phillips Exeter Academy, the Hassans did not live in the Governor's Mansion, instead living in a colonial mansion on the school campus provided to them as part of her husband's employment.After he left his position at Phillips Exeter Academy, the Hassans bought and moved into a home in Newfields, New Hampshire. Forever being recognized, she has received honorary doctorates from the University of New Hampshire (2013), Northeastern University (2013), Southern New Hampshire University (2014), New Hampshire Institute of Art (2015), New England College (2016), and UNH School of Law (2017). Her legacy and impact on todays government will continue to make change.

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