Jeanne Shaheen
Democrat · NH · U.S. Senate
Bio
Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician and former educator serving since 2009 as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1997 to 2003 as the 78th governor of New Hampshire. Shaheen is the first woman elected both governor and a U.S. senator, and was the first elected female governor of New Hampshire.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 17.6 years
- First took office
- 2009 (3 terms)
- Seniority
- 34 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 79
- Senate class
- 2 · senior senator
- Berlin, NH · 603-752-6300
- Claremont, NH · 603-542-4872
- Dover, NH · 603-750-3004
- Keene, NH · 603-358-6604
- Manchester, NH · 603-647-7500
- Nashua, NH · 603-883-0196
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $6.0M – $12.3M
- Liabilities
- $900k – $1.9M
- Net worth
- $4.0M – $11.4M
- Since 2018
- +$3.8M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Jeanne Shaheen's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Jeanne Shaheen (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Shaheensits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europecenter · 9 members
- Senate Select Committee on Ethicscenter · 6 members
- Senate Committee on Appropriationscenter · 29 membersCommerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related AgenciesState, Foreign Operations, and Related ProgramsAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (Ranking Member)Department of Defense
- Senate Committee on Armed Servicescenter · 27 members
- Europe and Regional Security Cooperation (Ex Officio)Africa and Global Health Policy (Ex Officio)East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy (Ex Officio)Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism (Ex Officio)Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues (Ex Officio)Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy (Ex Officio)State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development (Ex Officio)
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurshipcenter · 19 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Shaheen's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Republicans’ Chances of Flipping New Hampshire Senate Seat—PollRepublicans view the New Hampshire U.S. Senate race as one of their few pickup opportunities in this year's midterm elections, but a poll released this week showed Democratic Representative Chris Pappas with a lead over his two potential Republican rivals. De…
Biztoc.com · August 21, 2026- Ranking Member Shaheen Celebrates House Introduction of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act
Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the introduction of the bipartisan Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 in the U.S. House of Representatives…
Globalsecurity.org · August 11, 2026 - ICYMI: Ranking Member Shaheen Speaks on Senate Floor in Support of the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act
Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to urge Senate passage of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. The Shaheen-championed bill would impose ma…
Globalsecurity.org · August 7, 2026 - Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Tillis Lead Bipartisan Resolution Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Ukrainian Independence
Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, led a bipartisan resolution celebrating the 35th anniversary of the independence of Ukra…
Globalsecurity.org · August 7, 2026
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