Carol Shea-Porter

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Carol Shea-Porter currently serves the 1st Congressional District of New Hampshire
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Carol Shea-Porter currently serves the 1st Congressional District of New Hampshire

Carol Shea-Porter, a Democrat, has represented the First Congressional District of New Hampshire since 2007. (map)

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Record

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Iraq War

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Environmental record

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Biography

Carol Shea-Porter is the first woman elected to national office in the history of the state of New Hampshire.

Shea-Porter grew up with her six brothers and sisters in a household that included her parents, a great-uncle, and a grandmother. Her family also gave a temporary home to children and teens that needed a place to live during difficult times in their lives.

She graduated from public high school in Durham, New Hampshire and then worked her way through the University of New Hampshire, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Social Services in 1975 and a Master of Arts in Public Administration in 1979.

She married Gene Porter, an Army officer stationed at an Army medical center in Colorado during the Vietnam era. After her husband left the service, they moved to New Orleans where Shea-Porter directed The Shepard's Center, a New Orleans social service organization. When they move to the Washington, DC area where she founded and directed the City of Laurel Multi-Purpose Senior Center in Maryland. In addition, she taught history and Current Issues to Special Populations at Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD (1987-1989) and taught Current Issues in Politics on contract at The Charter House in Silver Spring, MD, for 15 years (1987-2001).teacher.

After returning to New Hampshire with her husband and their son and daughter, the Shea-Porter became active in local politics serving as Chair of the Rochester City Democrats and Strafford County Coordinator for state representative races. During the 2004 Presidential primary, she volunteered and then worked for General Wesley Clark.

Shea-Porter Carol ran for Congress after serving for a month as a volunteer in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. She said that she saw first-hand the inadequate response of the federal government in meeting the needs of citizens after this tragedy and decided that the voice of hard working families needed to be heard in Washington. She built a district-wide grass roots network that succeeded in electing her, in spite of a lack of campaign funding.

Shea-Porter was sworn into office on January 4, 2007. She is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Education and Labor.

Shea-Porter's volunteer service includes work with the Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services, Laurel, MD; the Mayor’s Taskforce on Senior Housing, Laurel, MD; the Interfaith Action Committee in Prince George’s County, MD; Patrons for Peace, Laurel, MD; and fundraising at her children's high school annual auction since 2002.


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Congressional career

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2006 election

Shea-Porter won the 2006 congressional election against Republican incumbent Rep. Jeb Bradley in a 51% to 49% vote. [1]

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Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00028091&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>

Links to more campaign contribution information for Carol Shea-Porter
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Fundraising profile: 2006 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation: 2006 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by industry: 2006 election cycle Career totals


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Committees and Affiliations

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Committees

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More Background Data

Background information on Jeb Bradley, whom Carol Shea-Porter challenged in the 2006 congressional elections:

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Contact

DC Office:
1508 Longworth HOB
Washington DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-5456

District Office - Dover:
104 Washington Street
Dover, NH 03820
Phone: (603) 743-4813
Fax: (603) 743-5956

District Office - Manchester:
33 Lowell Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: (603) 641-9536
Fax: (603) 641-9561

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Articles and Resources

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Resources

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Local blogs and discussion sites

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2005

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2006

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2007

Corresponding article on Wikipedia and Cause Caller. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of senators and representatives.)

Current Office: U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
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110th Congress
Leadership Position:
None 		Committees Chaired:
Committees,
Ranking Member On:
Caucuses:
Committees: House Committee on Armed Services, House Committee on Armed Services/Subcommittee on Military Personnel, House Committee on Armed Services/Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on Education and Labor, House Committee on Education and Labor/Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, House Committee on Education and Labor/Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
Congressional Career
First Elected to Current Office:
November 7, 2006 		First Took Current Office:
January 4, 2007 		Next Election:
November 2, 2010 		Term Ends:
Freshman Member?
Yes 		Previous Political Work?
None or Not Available, 		Other Party Membership:
District Offices:
1. 104 Washington Street, Dover, NH 03820
Phone: (603) 743-4813 / Fax: (603) 743-5956
2. 33 Lowell Street, Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: (603) 641-9536 / Fax: (603) 641-9561




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Date of Birth: December 2, 1952

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