Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Female
Family: Single; 1 Child: Michels Gordon
Birth date: 07/22/1936
Birthplace: Littleton, NH
Home City: Littleton NH
Religion: Congregational

Profession

Laboratory Technician, Vermont College, 1973 High School Teacher, English, 1967-1969 Teacher, Special Education, Crutched Mountain Rehab Center 1961-1963

Education

JD, Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1990 MA, Engineering, University of New Hampshire, 1970 BA, Middlebury College, 1958

Committees

Election Law

SB 202 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1660 Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1607 Establishes a Tax Credit for Businesses that Donate to Certain Scholarship Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1660 Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1607 Establishes a Tax Credit for Businesses that Donate to Certain Scholarship Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

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SB 202 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1660 Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1607 Establishes a Tax Credit for Businesses that Donate to Certain Scholarship Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1660 Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1607 Establishes a Tax Credit for Businesses that Donate to Certain Scholarship Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1659 Requires a 24 Hour Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

H Amdt 917h Authorizing the Establishment of 4 Casinos
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

HB 593 Expands Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 592 State House Redistricting
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: -

HB 1560 Joining an Interstate Health Care Compact to Opt-Out of Federal Health Care Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

H Amdt 917h Authorizing the Establishment of 4 Casinos
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: -

HB 593 Expands Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1659 Requires a 24 Hour Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

HB 1560 Joining an Interstate Health Care Compact to Opt-Out of Federal Health Care Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 437 Repeals Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1405 Authorizes Moratoriums on Refugee Resettlements
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1679 Prohibits Partial Birth/Late Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1659 Requires a 24 Hour Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1677 Prohibits Requiring Public Employees to Join Labor Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1264 Authorizes Individuals to Refuse to Provide Services for Marriages
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1679 Prohibits Partial Birth/Late Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1264 Authorizes Individuals to Refuse to Provide Services for Marriages
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1659 Requires a 24 Hour Waiting Period Prior to an Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1677 Prohibits Requiring Public Employees to Join Labor Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1264 Authorizes Individuals to Refuse to Provide Services for Marriages
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1526 Reduces Penalties for Possession of Less than One-Half Ounce of Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1654 Reduces Sentences of Prisoners Pursuing Degrees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1705 Legalizes Marijuana for Individuals Over 21 Years of Age
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1526 Reduces Penalties for Possession of Less than One-Half Ounce of Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1705 Legalizes Marijuana for Individuals Over 21 Years of Age
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1654 Reduces Sentences of Prisoners Pursuing Degrees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1546 Authorizes Employers to Not Provide Contraception Coverage in Health Insurance Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1146 Requires Students to Stand for the Pledge of Allegiance
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1546 Authorizes Employers to Not Provide Contraception Coverage in Health Insurance Plans
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HR 29 Urges Repeal of Rule Requiring Health Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1666 Limits State Contribution to Public Employee Benefits
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1383 Requires Legal US Residency to Receive In-State Tuition
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 574 Authorizes Government Acquisition of Private Property in State of Emergency
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1383 Requires Legal US Residency to Receive In-State Tuition
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 228 Prohibits the Use of Public Funds for Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CACR 13 Prohibits New Personal Income Taxes
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 228 Prohibits the Use of Public Funds for Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 383 Prohibits the requirement that state employees pay association fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 536 Removes License Requirement to Carry a Firearm
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 194 Authorizes loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 628 Recording and Tracking Complaints of Abuse by Transportation Security Agents
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 536 Removes License Requirement to Carry a Firearm
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 194 Authorizes loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 383 Prohibits the requirement that state employees pay association fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 628 Recording and Tracking Complaints of Abuse by Transportation Security Agents
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 194 Authorizes loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 334 Authorizing Weapons on Public Property
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 217 Penalties for Violent Offenses Against Fetuses
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 334 Authorizing Weapons on Public Property
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 217 Penalties for Violent Offenses Against Fetuses
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CACR 14 Constitutional Amendment Authorizing the Legislature to Set Standards for Public Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: -

CACR 14 Constitutional Amendment Authorizing the Legislature to Set Standards for Public Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: -

SB 198 Amends Eligibility Requirements for TANF
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 88 Civil Immunity from Acts of Self Defense
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: -

HB 329 Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Recertification of Employer Retirement Contribution Rates
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 329 Revising Abortion Procedures for Unemancipated Minors
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Recertification of Employer Retirement Contribution Rates
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 196 Guidelines for Teacher Dismissal
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 121 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 196 Guidelines for Teacher Dismissal
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 78 Gas Tax Reduction
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1 2011-2013 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CACR 6 Constitutional Amendment to Require a Supermajority for Budget Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 519 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 580 Public Employee Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 218 Repealing the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CACR 12 Legislative Authority over Public Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 89 State Lawsuit against the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 330 Carrying Firearms Without a License
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 89 State Lawsuit against the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 113 Prohibits the Use of State Funds for Public Television
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 474 Labor Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 113 Prohibits the Use of State Funds for Public Television
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 321 Cigarette Tax Increase and Wine Discount Reduction
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

CACR 34 Constitutional Amendment to Define an Adequate Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 539 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 312 Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 539 Education Funding Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 312 Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 24 Impeachment Petition
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 24 Impeachment Petition
Stage: Tabling Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 502 Expanding Unemployment Compensation Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1472 Affordable Workforce Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1434 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1472 Affordable Workforce Housing
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1645 State Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1623 Marijuana Decriminalization
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1645 State Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1436 Automatic Continuation Clause in Collective Bargaining Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1623 Marijuana Decriminalization
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1645 State Retirement System Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1160 Pre-Abortion Counseling Requirement for Minors
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1495 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1517 Parental Consent for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1498 Parental Notification for Underage Medical Procedures
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1588 Residency Verification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1495 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1517 Parental Consent for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1498 Parental Notification for Underage Medical Procedures
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1588 Residency Verification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1160 Pre-Abortion Counseling Requirement for Minors
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1498 Parental Notification for Underage Medical Procedures
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1160 Pre-Abortion Counseling Requirement for Minors
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1495 Parental Notification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1517 Parental Consent for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1498 Parental Notification for Underage Medical Procedures
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 1588 Residency Verification for Underage Abortions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 847 Speed Limitations for Vessels Operating on Water
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 267 Small Loans Interest Limitation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

SB 223 Funeral Protest Ban
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 18 Raising the Compulsory School Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 42 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1 208-2009 Operating Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 802 Requiring Seatbelts in Automotive Vehicles
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 744 Informed Consent Before Abortion
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 514 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 254 Mandatory Employer Meetings
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 744 Informed Consent Before Abortion
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 514 Minimum Wage Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 437 Same-Sex Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HR 10 Resolution Against the Iraq War
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 774 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HR 10 Resolution Against the Iraq War
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 774 Medical Marijuana
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HR 10 Resolution Against the Iraq War
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CACR 1 Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 235 Recognition of Out-of-State Marriages
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

CACR 1 Constitutional Amendment Defining Marriage
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 923 Dog Racing Prohibition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

HB 927 Adequate Education Definition
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 923 Dog Racing Prohibition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: -

CACR 11 Governor Term Increase
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 51 Adoptions by Unmarried Couples
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 143 Damages in Civil Actions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 678 Insurance Company Tax Reduction
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: -

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1331 TANF Revisions
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1331 TANF Revisions
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 318 Use of Deadly Force
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SCR 6 Stem Cell Research Resolution
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 268 High School Dropout Age
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1496 Association with Labor Unions
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1177 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Maj AM 1172h Smoking Ban Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1177 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Maj AM 1172h Smoking Ban Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 34 Marriage Definition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1682 Emergency Contraceptives Requirement
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 34 Marriage Definition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1177 Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Maj AM 1172h Smoking Ban Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1682 Emergency Contraceptives Requirement
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

CACR 34 Marriage Definition
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1492 Emergency Contraceptives and Pharmacists
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1269 Red Deer or Elk Farming and Hunting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1704 Health Care Requirements for Large Companies
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1422 Motion on Death Penalty Repeal
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1704 Health Care Requirements for Large Companies
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 656 "Do Not Resuscitate" Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 621 Disclosure of Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 621 Disclosure of Campaign Contributions by Lobbyists
Stage: Inexpedient to Legislate Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 345 Photo ID for Voting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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