Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 1994
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Robert; 2 Children
Birth date: 07/14/1949
Birthplace: Troy, OH
Home City: Concord NH
Religion: Congregational

Profession

New Hampshire Council on World Affairs, 1981-1989 Public Relations Consultant, New Hampshire Disability Council, 1981-1989 Program Director, New Hampshire Historical Society, 1979, 1981-1989 Legislative Liaison, Governor Hugh Gallen, 1979-1981 Administrative Assistant, Wisconsin State Senate, 1972-1979 Former President, Bancroft Products Incorporated

Education

BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972

Committees

Capital Budget
Executive Departments and Administration
Internal Affairs

HB 592 State House Redistricting
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 409 Authorizes the Use of Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 289 Requires Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CACR 6 Constitutional Amendment to Require a Supermajority for Budget Increases
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

Amdt 367s Restricting Eminent Domain Petitions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

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HB 592 State House Redistricting
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 409 Authorizes the Use of Medical Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 289 Requires Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

CACR 6 Constitutional Amendment to Require a Supermajority for Budget Increases
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

Amdt 367s Restricting Eminent Domain Petitions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 129 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 154 Withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 129 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 329 Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Recertification of Employer Retirement Contribution Rates
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 329 Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Recertification of Employer Retirement Contribution Rates
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 129 Requiring Photo Identification to Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1 Repeal of Automatic Continuation Requirement for Public Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SSHB 1 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1459 Campaign Finance Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 489 Gambling Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 392 Annual Public Hearing on Health Care Costs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 489 Gambling Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 392 Annual Public Hearing on Health Care Costs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 648 Medical Marijuana Legalization
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

HB 1 2009-2011 Biennium Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Religious Choice in Performing Marriage Ceremonies
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 383 Mandating Seat Belt Usage
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 436 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 383 Mandating Seat Belt Usage
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 556 Abolishing the Death Penalty
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 648 Medical Marijuana Legalization
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 436 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 383 Mandating Seat Belt Usage
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 115 Expanding Subsidized Health Care Program Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SSHB 1 Education Appropriations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 321 Cigarette Tax Increase and Wine Discount Reduction
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SSHB 1 Education Appropriations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1509 Allocation of Gambling/Gaming Profits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1509 Allocation of Gambling/Gaming Profits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1509 Allocation of Gambling/Gaming Profits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 527 Mandatory Abortion Counseling for Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SA 1051 to SB 527 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 539 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 540 Health Insurance Plan for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 312 Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 539 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 527 Mandatory Abortion Counseling for Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SA 1051 to SB 527 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 540 Health Insurance Plan for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 312 Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 527 Mandatory Abortion Counseling for Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SA 1051 to SB 527 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amdt 0891 to SB 530 Fully Subsidized Kindergarten Construction Program
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

CACR 34 Constitutional Amendment to Define an Adequate Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 267 Small Loans Interest Limitation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 436 Reducing the Voting Age for Primary Elections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 19 Constitutional Amendment Regarding Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 143 Damages in Civil Actions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 143 Damages in Civil Actions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 802 Requiring Seatbelts in Automotive Vehicles
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 790 Extending Medical Insurance Coverage for Dependents
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 514 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 437 Same-Sex Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

CACR 18 Adequate Education Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 176 Children's Lead Poisoning Level
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 42 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 318 Use of Deadly Force
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SCR 6 Stem Cell Research Resolution
Stage: Nonconcurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 76 Charter School Aid
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1331 TANF Revisions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1673 Reduction of Mercury Emissions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 345 Photo ID for Voting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1177 Smoking Ban
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 268 High School Dropout Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 343 Emergency Contraceptives Bill
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

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