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The Official YouTube Channel of US Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01)
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New Hampshire's 1st District
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United States
About Carol
Carol Shea-Porter is the first woman elected to national office in the history of the state of New Hampshire.
Carol's large family has deep roots in New Hampshire going back many generations. She 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.
Carol 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 and later a Master's Degree in Public Administration.
Carol 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 and then to the Washington, DC area where she continued her career as a social worker and teacher. She founded and directed a program to provide services to senior citizens, taught political science at a community college, and also taught politics and American history to retired federal employees.
After returning to New Hampshire with her husband and their son and daughter, the Congresswoman 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.
Carol decided to run for Congress after serving for over a month as a volunteer in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. She saw first-hand the inadequate response of the federal government to meet the needs of citizens after this tragedy and decided that the voice of hard working families needed to be heard in Washington. The voters of New Hampshire listened to her pledge to represent ordinary, middle-class families and built a district-wide grass roots network that elected New Hampshire's first Congresswoman, astonishing state and national pundits.
Carol was sworn into office on January 4, 2007. She is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Natural Resources Committee.
Carol's large family has deep roots in New Hampshire going back many generations. She 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.
Carol 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 and later a Master's Degree in Public Administration.
Carol 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 and then to the Washington, DC area where she continued her career as a social worker and teacher. She founded and directed a program to provide services to senior citizens, taught political science at a community college, and also taught politics and American history to retired federal employees.
After returning to New Hampshire with her husband and their son and daughter, the Congresswoman 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.
Carol decided to run for Congress after serving for over a month as a volunteer in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. She saw first-hand the inadequate response of the federal government to meet the needs of citizens after this tragedy and decided that the voice of hard working families needed to be heard in Washington. The voters of New Hampshire listened to her pledge to represent ordinary, middle-class families and built a district-wide grass roots network that elected New Hampshire's first Congresswoman, astonishing state and national pundits.
Carol was sworn into office on January 4, 2007. She is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Education and Labor, and the Natural Resources Committee.