LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• Villanova University School of Law - JD (1993)

  Activities and notes: Environmental Law Journal, executive editor

• Pennsylvania State University - BA, political science, with honors (1990)

• Nashua High School (1986)

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New Hampshire (Class 3)
  Margaret Coldwell Wood Hassan (Maggie), 47.98%

  Democrat
  Kelly Ann Ayotte, 47.84%

  Republican
  Aaron Day, 2.40%

  Independent
  Brian Chabot, 1.70%

  Libertarian

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New Hampshire (Class 3)
  Kelly Ann Ayotte, 60.09%

  Republican
  Paul William Hodes, 36.85%

  Democrat
  Chris Booth, 2.02%

  Independent
  Ken Bleevens, 1.05%

  Libertarian

Employment History

• United Against a Nuclear Iran (Feb. 2019-)

  Senior Adviser

• New Hampshire Department of Justice (2004-2009)

  Attorney General

• New Hampshire Department of Justice (2003-2004)

  Deputy Attorney General

• New Hampshire Department of Justice (2000-2003)

  Staff

• New Hampshire Department of Justice (1998-2000)

  Prosecutor

• McLane, Graf, Raulerson and Middleton PA (1994-1998)

  Associate

Other Experience:

• New Hampshire Supreme Court

  Clerk

Associated Organizations

• Friends of Kelly Ayotte (New Hampshire)

• New Hampshire Institute of Politics and Political Library

  Public Advisory Board Member

• Kelly PAC

• Maine State Bar Association (1993-)

• New Hampshire State Bar (1993-)

Awards

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Defender of Housing (National Association of Home Builders) (Sept. 2016)

• Champion of Small Business Investing Award (Small Business Investor Alliance) (Aug. 2016)

• Champions for Children Award (Save the Children) (April 12, 2016)

• Distinguished Service Award (Voices for National Service) (2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Medicare Part D Patient Access Champion Award (National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs) (May 2015)

• Colonel Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership Award (Military Officers Association of America) (April 14, 2015)

• Global Leadership Award (World Affairs Council of New Hampshire) (2015)

Activities and Interests

• Languages: French (fluent)
  

Official Signature

Contact Information

Main Office
45 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 2162
New York, New York 10111
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Privately Financed Travel

1 trip taken in 2014 costing $6,256

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer snags Sen. Barrasso LA

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 17, 2017
  Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer has scored a Senate legislative assistant for the group's lobbying team. read more

• Double duty: State legislators also working for Congress

  Posted by Suzanne Grubb on July 12, 2016
  While it's not unusual to find politicians who gain a mixture of local, state and congressional experience over the course of a career, seven elected state legislators concurrently serve as congressional staffers. read more

• Staffers for freshmen members jumping ship after 6 months

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on June 29, 2015
  When nearly 80 new members of Congress took their oaths in January, a swarm of new congressional staffers were ready to begin their Hill careers. read more

• Sen. Ayotte's financial aide bids farwell for an online megahouse

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on July 8, 2014
  A senior Senate finance aide is making a bid with his new off-the-Hill job with eBay Inc. read more

• Posted by Jock Friedly on Oct. 10, 2011
  John Easton, the chief of staff for Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), has disclosed that he earned $250,000 at the lobbying firm Van Heuvelen Strategies last year. He was not required to reveal the salary of his lobbyist wife, Michelle Easton.