Governor · New Hampshire

Kelly Ayotte

Governor of New Hampshire

Kelly Ayotte is the governor of New Hampshire, in office since January 9, 2025. A Republican, she represented New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate from January 3, 2011, to January 3, 2017, and before that was the state's attorney general.

Background

Biography

Kelly Ayotte was born in New Hampshire on June 27, 1968, and grew up in Nashua, according to her National Governors Association biography. She earned a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and a law degree from Villanova University.

Her NGA biography says she served as legal counsel to Governor Craig Benson, as chief of the state's Homicide Prosecution Unit and as deputy attorney general, and that in 2004 she became New Hampshire's attorney general. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010 and served from January 3, 2011, to January 3, 2017. The same biography says she also chaired the board of BAE Systems, Inc.

Ayotte's term as governor began on January 9, 2025.

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