A tough and respected prosecutor and the first female Attorney General of New Hampshire, Kelly Ayotte knows how to break through partisan gridlock to make government work for everyone. Widely acknowledged as one of the most bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate, Ayotte earned a reputation for bringing people together to identify solutions and deliver results on issues ranging from national security and health-care to the solemn gravity of the nationwide addiction epidemic. She drew on this experience when asked by the Trump Administration to help drive the nomination process of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. She matches experienc...
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Kelly Ayotte
U.S. Senator (2011–2017); Attorney General of New Hampshire (2004–2009)
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A member of the Armed Services and Homeland Security committees during her time in the Senate, Ayotte is a strong voice on national security and the battle against terrorism at home and abroad, and draws on this unique viewpoint to provide clarity on today’s most pressing world events. Since 2018, Ayotte has co-chaired the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) Commission on Health Security focused on how the U.S. should prepare for a pandemic. The New Hampshire Union Leader praised Ayotte as showing “that [Washington] can still get something done,” and her work on CARA earned her recognition as “Legislator of the Year” from the National Council of Behavioral Health. Ayotte is currently a senior advisor to Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions as well as a member of the boards of News Corp, Caterpillar, the ONE Campaign, Blackstone, Boston Properties and BAE Systems.
