Maggie Hassan Quotes
The reason I decided to run for Senate is one of my responsibilities as governor is to make sure that the voices of our people and our small businesses in New Hampshire are heard in Washington and that we continue to make the type of progress we're making here at the state level; we need that same type of response and progress in Washington.
Hassan, Maggie. "Maggie Hassan Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate." Maggie for NH, 5 Oct. 2015.
She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency
Margaret Coldwell Hassan is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from New Hampshire. A Democrat, Hassan was elected to the Senate in 2016 while she was serving as the 81st governor of New Hampshire, an office she held from 2013 to 2017.