New Hampshire Senate Democrats Pick Perkins Kwoka as Leader, Poised to Become Senate President

The New Hampshire Senate Democratic caucus voted on November 6 to elect Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka of Portsmouth as its leader, putting her in line to be elected Senate president in December. In the November 3 elections, Democrats won 15 of the Senate's 24 seats and retook the majority; the Republicans' current 16-8 advantage will flip when the new term begins in January.

Perkins Kwoka, the current minority leader and a former Portsmouth city councillor, won a fourth two-year term on November 3. The Senate Democratic caucus said its candidates campaigned on lowering costs for Granite State families and ending corruption in Concord. Sen. Debra Altschiller of Stratham was also elected one of the caucus's assistant deputy leaders. If elected in December, Perkins Kwoka will preside over the Senate for the two-year session; the new Senate takes office in January.

(Source: Portsmouth Herald)

Source: Portsmouth Herald

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