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New Hampshires 1st Congressional District.
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The Unexpected Congresswoman
They said it couldn't be done.
Carol Shea-Porter '74, '79G thought otherwise.
by Sue Hertz '78
To win the Congressional seat in New Hampshire's first district, history dictates that you have to capture Manchester, or at least break even.
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Carol Shea-Porter '74, '79G knew that as she stood near the doorway of the Rimmon Club that Friday evening before election day. She'd done her best, escorted by a few locals to the new Manchester senior citizen center and the Rotary Club breakfast, confidently marching door to door in the previous weeks asking for support in her quest to become the state's first Congresswoman.
But here she lingered by the shuffleboard table in this crowded West Manchester bar, with the Budweiser sign glowing and smoke hanging in the air like fog over Mt. Washington Valley in spring, wondering just how to pro