Senator Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire

Senator Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire

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Kelly Ayotte served her home state of New Hampshire for five years as its first female Attorney General where she earned a reputation as a tough on crime prosecutor. While Ayotte was serving as the state's top law enforcement officer, New Hampshire remained one of the safest states in the nation. The Union Leader named Ayotte Citizen of the Year in 2008 for her successful prosecutions of the first capital murder cases in New Hampshire in over 60 years.

As a product of New Hampshire's public schools, Kelly went on to graduate from Pennsylvania State University (with honors) in 1990 with a B.A. in Political Science and graduated from the Villanova University School of Law in 1993, where she served as Executive Editor of the Environmental Law Journal. Ayotte spent one year as a law clerk to the Honorable Sherman D. Horton, Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Kelly's husband, Joe, an Iraq war veteran who flew combat missions over Iraq, currently serves in the Air National Guard. On the home front, Kelly worked side-by-side with Joe to create a landscape and snow removal company. She understands the importance of small businesses to the New Hampshire economy and the direct impact fiscal decisions made in Washington can have on small businesses and the jobs they create.

Kelly lives with her husband, five year old daughter Katherine, and two year old son Jacob, in Nashua.