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  Jeanne Shaheen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeanne Shaheen (born January 28, 1947) was the first woman to be elected governor of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
In April 2005, Shaheen was named director of Harvard's Institute of Politics, succeeding former U.S. Representative (and current MPAA head) Dan Glickman.
Shaheen and her husband Bill, a prominent New Hampshire lawyer, have three children.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeanne_Shaheen   (303 words)

  
 JAG - Board - Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen was born in St. Charles, Mo. in 1947, the second of Ivan and Belle Bowers' three daughters.
Jeanne Shaheen was the first Democrat elected governor in sixteen years, and she was reelected in 1998 and 2000.
Shaheen and her husband of thirty years, Bill, live in Madbury and have three daughters, Stefany, Stacey and Molly.
www.jag.org /jeanne_shaheen.htm   (742 words)

  
 Jeanne Shaheen - dKosopedia
Democrat Jeanne Shaheen was elected in 1996 as the first female governor of New Hampshire.
Born in Missouri in 1947, Shaheen taught high school in Mississippi and then in New Hampshire, where she was active in the Jimmy Carter campaigns in 1976 and 1980.
Shaheen cemented her reputation as a smart, capable politician in 1984, when she managed Gary Hart's successful primary campaign in the Granite State.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php?title=Jeanne_Shaheen&printable=yes   (443 words)

  
 Jeanne Shaheen - SourceWatch
On September 24, 2003, it was announced (http://www.nhprimary.com/stories/09-2003/092403-shaheen.htm) that former Governor Jeanne Shaheen "endorsed the Democratic presidential candidacy of John Forbes Kerry and became the campaign's chairman..., concluding the 'stakes are too high' to remain on the sidelines.
Jeanne Shaheen (http://www.clw.org/election/2002profiles/shaheen.html) was "born in St. Charles, Missouri in 1947.
Jeanne Shaheen (http://www.nhc.edu/general/awards/shaheen.htm) was the "first woman Governor of the State of New Hampshire, former three-term senator, a successful entrepreneur, and public school teacher...
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Jeanne_Shaheen   (718 words)

  
 Harvard University IOP: About Us: Leadership: Director
Jeanne Shaheen was born in St. Charles, Missouri in 1947, the second of Ivan and Belle Bowers' three daughters.
In 1990, Jeanne Shaheen was elected to the New Hampshire state senate, where she served three terms.
During her tenure as Governor, Jeanne Shaheen also increased the state's investment in local public schools, job training, the University System and community technical colleges, and made the state's largest investment ever in capital improvements for the University System.
www.iop.harvard.edu /about_director.html   (632 words)

  
 Kennedy School Press Release: Jeanne Shaheen Named Director of Institute of Politics
Shaheen’s tenure will begin July 1, and she will succeed Philip Sharp, who has served as interim Director since the departure of former Director Daniel R. Glickman in September 2004.
Shaheen’s career in elective office began in 1990 when she was elected to the New Hampshire state Senate where she served three terms.
Born in Missouri, Shaheen received a bachelor’s degree in English from Shippensburg University and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Mississippi.
www.ksg.harvard.edu /ksgnews/PressReleases/042505_shaheen.htm   (821 words)

  
 Shaheen eyed for DNC chair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
CONCORD — Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen’s political star continues to rise on the national stage, with a buzz circulating that she could possibility be elected the next Democratic National Committee chair.
Shaheen, a Madbury resident, is fresh off a victory in New Hampshire for the presidential campaign of Democratic Sen. John Kerry.
The reward for Shaheen’s hard work on the national stage could be chairman of the DNC, say political observers, but the former three-term governor joins a long list of potential chairman such as New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, former presidential candidate Howard Dean and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.
www4.fosters.com /november_2004/11.13.04/news/co_1113a.asp   (653 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Shaheen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Jeanne Shaheen, the former New Hampshire governor who chairs the Kerry campaign, called a news conference Tuesday to question Clark's credentials as a Democrat...
Jeanne Shaheen, national chair of Kerry's campaign, questioned whether Clark was the best person for the Democrats to nominate at a press conference Monday.
Jeanne Shaheen, the former New Hampshire governor who is serving as the national chairwoman for the presidential bid of Sen....
www.nametraq.org /Jan04/S/Shaheen.shtml   (2316 words)

  
 National Review: The consummate politician: Jeanne Shaheen is doing to the Republican majority in New Hampshire what ...
Shaheen campaigned on promises of no new taxes (she even took New Hampshire's famous anti-tax pledge, the first Democrat to do so), but the centerpiece of her campaign was publicly financed kindergarten.
Shaheen's proposal was targeted at the remaining 13 per cent, approximately 2,400 children.
Shaheen was elected, she began her crusade for kindergarten in earnest.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n16_v49/ai_19722903   (1308 words)

  
 Loss sends Governor back to private life (Bye,bye Jeanne Shaheen!!)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Shaheen answered the attacks by saying that she had expanded kindergartens in the state, created thousands of jobs and expanded children's health insurance coverage.
Shaheen tried to disarm Sununu on national and homeland security by declaring herself in support of President Bush's aggressive policy on Iraq and of the President's unilateral pullout of the anti-ballistic missile treaty with Russia.
Shaheen tried to portray herself as independent of both political parties, while Sununu portrayed her as a typical tax-and-spend liberal.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/783569/posts   (1519 words)

  
 Maine & New Hampshire Personal Injury, Workers Compensation and Business Litigation News
"Jeanne Shaheen is very unusual in that she has the skills of both a masterful political consultant as well as someone who served in public office and mastered public policy," Bodi said.
Shaheen and Gordon is plaintiff’s counsel in 2 wrongful death cases arising from the FBI’s handling of confidential informants Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi.
Spring 2001 On March 8, 2001, Shaheen and Gordon filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts on behalf of the Estate of John L. McIntyre against the United States of America, eight former agents of the Boston Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and James Bulger, Stephen Flemmi and Kevin Weeks.
www.shaheengordon.com /news.jsp   (3739 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Shaheen 'critical' to Kerry's political upturn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
When Shaheen took over as national chairman of Kerry's presidential campaign last September, the candidate was lagging badly in the polls, and his advisers were bickering.
Kerry concedes that Shaheen was "critical" to his turnaround: "She provided great, mature, seasoned leadership when it was needed," he says.
The daughter of a Missouri Republican ("My father believed in Richard Nixon until the day he died," she says), Shaheen was a college student working a summer at the beach in Maine when she met her future husband, the son of a family of New Hampshire Democrats.
www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-01-26-shaheen_x.htm   (701 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Jeanne Shaheen named director of IOP
Shaheen was first elected to the state senate in 1990 and was re-elected twice, in 1992 and 1994.
Shaheen declared her candidacy for governor in 1996.
During her tenure as governor, Shaheen provided health insurance coverage for thousands of low-income children, protected over 200,000 acres of open space, and restructured the electric industry to lower the cost of electricity for New Hampshire's ratepayers.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2005/04.28/11-iopdir.html   (579 words)

  
 CNN.com
NOVAK (voice-over): Jeanne Shaheen, a former schoolteacher and businesswoman, first made her political mark as Jimmy Carter's New Hampshire campaign manager in 1976.
GOV. JEANNE SHAHEEN (D), NEW HAMPSHIRE: We can't be driven by partisan politics.
SHAHEEN: Well, I can tell you that when Bill Clinton was president, that one of the things I did as governor was to disagree with him on his policy around the use of our national forests.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0209/21/en.00.html   (3172 words)

  
 Shaheen attends final `Cinderella'
With husband Bill and daughter Stacey, Shaheen settled in to enjoy the closing performance of the arts festival's main-stage musical, but not without getting up on stage herself to share a few words with the crowd.
Shaheen, who is from Madbury, said she and her family try to make it down to the park every year because it is one of her favorite arts events in the state.
While on stage, Shaheen also welcomed Opera Comique, a singing troupe from Portsmouth, England who performed Gilbert and Sullivan's "Trial by Jury" and "Pirates of Penzance" at the park last weekend.
www.seacoastonline.com /1998news/8_24_bs1.htm   (324 words)

  
 Profiles: NRO Total Convention
The notion of Jeanne Shaheen as vice-presidential timbre is nearly as amusing as suggesting John Rocker of the Atlanta Braves as a baseball Hall of Fame candidate.
Though filled with references to the greatness of Al Gore and Bill Clinton, Shaheen's remarks failed to demonstrate any degree of ability to lead the panel — and the meager television audience — to the conclusion that those two Democrats had anything to do with the economic progress of the past eight years.
Even a liberal Democrat like Jeanne Shaheen was forced to take the no broad-based tax pledge before she could be elected governor.
www.nationalreview.com /convention/profiles/profiles081500a.shtml   (851 words)

  
 WHDH-TV - Boston - Jeanne Shaheen Named National Chairwoman of Kerry Campaign   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Shaheen, the most sought-after Democrat in the state, had steered clear of the presidential race to focus on teaching.
Shaheen shattered the glass ceiling in 1996 when she was elected New Hampshire's first female governor and its first Democrat in 16 years.
Shaheen, 56, was born in St. Charles, Mo., and grew up in a Republican family.
www.whdh.com /news/articles/local/A27019   (425 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Vote 2002 -- New Hampshire Senate Race
Three-term congressman Sununu defeated three-term Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen in a closely fought race after winning the GOP nomination for the seat from incumbent Republican Bob Smith in a highly publicized primary battle.
Update: The battle in New Hampshire between Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and Republican U.S. Rep. John Sununu for a U.S. Senate seat has lived up to pundits' expectations for a close race that could prove pivotal in deciding whether Democrats keep control of the Senate.
Three-term New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen is a seasoned campaigner, both as a candidate and as campaign manager, who prefers her carefully designed image as an understanding moderate to the indecisive politician her opponents try to present.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2002/races/nh_senate.html   (474 words)

  
 9/25/02   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
MOSEMARIE BOYD CAMPAIGNS FOR JEANNE SHAHEEN AT Sacramento, CA American Women Presidents’ Mosemarie Boyd yesterday attended the 10,000-strong California Governor’s Conference for Women and handed out campaign contribution envelopes and requests for contributions to the Jeanne Shaheen for U.S. Senate campaign.
"Shaheen is the first woman to move from governor to the U.S. Senate and she’s from New Hampshire, an important presidential primary state.
Financial contributions to the Jeanne Shaheen for U.S. Senate campaign can be made online at http://www.shaheen.org.
www.americanwomenpresidents.org /9_25_02.htm   (319 words)

  
 Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Remarks at a Reception for Governor Jeanne Shaheen - Transcript
First, I have known Jeanne Shaheen a long time, a long time before I was President, a long time before she was Governor.
Jeanne and I had a long talk then.
I used to read about her all the time in the articles about what an important political operative she was, and if you wanted to run for President and you went to New Hampshire, you had to have her for you.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2889/is_38_36/ai_66935277   (1243 words)

  
 Dartmouth News - Statement from New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen - 09/11/01
Dartmouth News - Statement from New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen - 09/11/01
Jeanne Shaheen released the following statement on today's terrorist attacks.
Shaheen will hold a media conference call at 2 p.m.
www.dartmouth.edu /~news/releases/2001/sept01/emergency/shaheen.html   (237 words)

  
 CNN - Election 2000 - Jeanne Shaheen
During her time as governor she created a Kids Cabinet to deal with issues facing New Hampshire's children and Jeanne Shaheen was elected to the state senate, in 1990.
Governor Shaheen: I think working to improve schools, expanding public kindergarten, starting a child health insurance program that has meant that 9,000 children in New Hampshire now have health insurance, and reaching a settlement agreement with our largest utility, so that we can lower electric rates for people.
Governor Shaheen: I think it's important for the vice president, and for this campaign in the next two and half months, to point out the difference between Al Gore and George Bush on issues that matter to women and families.
www.cnn.com /COMMUNITY/transcripts/2000/8/16/shaheen   (1052 words)

  
 Jeanne Shaheen on Corporations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Shaheen adopted a letter to House leaders from 4 Governors:
Our economy has been setting the right kind of records in the 1990s in terms of real economic growth, low inflation, declining welfare rolls, and falling unemployment rates.
Voice your opinions on Corporations or about Jeanne Shaheen in The Forum.
www.govote.com /Governor/Jeanne_Shaheen_Corporations.htm   (220 words)

  
 LookSmart - Governor Jeanne Shaheen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Governor Jeanne Shaheen - Learn about the platform, agenda, policies, and achievements of Governor Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.
November 1998 article reports on the re-election of Jeanne Shaheen to the governor's office of New Hampshire with one-third of the Republican vote.
Puts forward the contact information and key actions of Jeanne Shaheen, second term governor.
www.looksmart.com /eus1/eus317836/eus552286/eus53440/eus53476/eus270341/eus10021958/eus10193147/eus1169809/r?l&pin=011121x2de76f8e168debe7bd1&   (257 words)

  
 Jeanne Shaheen is a Taxing Machine
Jeanne Shaheen is a Tax Machine for supporting the creation of new taxes in New Hampshire, include support at different times for:
"Last year, Shaheen proposed a 2.5 percent sales tax that would have lowered the statewide property tax but increased some business taxes.
Jeanne Shaheen defended the NH death tax in a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas.
www.cse.org /informed/issues_template.php?issue_id=1147   (280 words)

  
 9/12/02 JS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Sacramento, CA American Women Presidents’ Mosemarie Boyd spent the last week in New Hampshire campaigning to elect Gov. Jeanne Shaheen to the U.S. Senate and preparing to put women on the New Hampshire presidential primary ballots in 2004.
"Electing Gov. Jeanne Shaheen to the U.S. Senate is our top priority," said American Women Presidents’ spokeswoman Mosemarie Boyd.
"Jeanne Shaheen represents our best chance to put another Democratic woman in the U.S. Senate and she is the first woman to move from governor to the U.S. Senate, an historic step that helps grow the credibility of all women presidential candidates.
www.americanwomenpresidents.org /9_12_02_js.htm   (233 words)

  
 Vermont's Sen. Jeffords endorses Jeanne Shaheen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
LEBANON — Sen. Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., endorsed Gov. Jeanne Shaheen in her bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate during a visit to a New Hampshire high school yesterday.
But they do it, she added, at the expense of the New Hampshire taxpayer, saying that the federal government provides only 17 percent of the funding for special education students, leaving the rest up to the state and local governments.
Yes, we are going to have a heck of a time here in NH getting the Republican John Sununu in the senate over Shaheen (Dumbocrat) because the sore Smith losers are plotting to write-in Smith.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/764978/posts   (999 words)

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