The first woman in U.S. history to be elected both a Governor and a United States Senator, New
Hampshire's Jeanne Shaheen is a trailblazer with a reputation for working across the aisle to get things
done. Shaheen has served in the Senate since 2009 and is the Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on
Small Business and Entrepreneurship and a senior member of the U.S. Senate Committees on Armed
Services, Foreign Relations, Appropriations as well as the Select Committee on Ethics.
As inflation rose across the world, Shaheen was a key supporter of the Inflation Reduction Act, which
lowered costs for middle class families and provided funds to bolster clean energy and climate
investments in New Hampshire, bringing inflation down and saving money for working Granite Staters.
For decades, the United States has put off the investments needed to fix our crumbling infrastructure.
Shaheen was a lead negotiator of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and supported several key provisions
included in the final bill that bolstered roads and bridges, rail, transit, ports, airports, the electric grid,
water systems and broadband infrastructure across New Hampshire and the country.
China and other competitors continue to pose new challenges to the United States. Shaheen helped pass
the CHIPS and Science Act authoring several provisions included in the final package. The historic
legislation develops U.S. policy to address strategic, economic and diplomatic tools for a global strategy
that will allow the United States to confront the challenges that China and other global competitors pose
to the United States.
Through her leadership on the U.S. Appropriations Committee, Senator Shaheen has delivered a sevenfold increase in resources to help Granite Staters suffering from substance use disorders receive
desperately needed treatment. Shaheen helped pass the Affordable Care Act, ensuring that tens of
thousands of Granite Staters have access to good quality, affordable health care.
As the top-ranking woman on both the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, Senator
Shaheen is a global leader on important foreign policy issues and she advocates for legislation and
actions that confront our enemies, strengthen key alliances and bolster New Hampshire's role in our
national defense.
A champion for energy efficiency, Shaheen created programs while serving as Governor that saved New
Hampshire families and businesses over $1 billion. In the Senate, Shaheen has continued this work by
helping pass bipartisan energy efficiency legislation, which was signed into law by President Obama.
Senator Shaheen served as Governor of New Hampshire for six years and also served in the state Senate,
helping create nearly 67,000 new jobs while keeping New Hampshire's tax burden the lowest in the
country. (Learn more about Jeanne Shaheen's three terms as Governor). With bipartisan support, she
expanded public kindergarten to thousands of families and made higher education more affordable with
a tax-free college savings program.
Between her time as Governor and election to the U.S. Senate, Shaheen served as the Director of
Harvard University's Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government. Shaheen was born in
Saint Charles, Missouri. She and her husband, Bill, live in Madbury and have three daughters, Stefany,
Stacey and Molly, and seven grandchildren.