Liz Hager
{{Short description|American politician (born 1944)}}
Elizabeth S. Hager (born October 31, 1944) is an American politician who is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Personal life
Elizabeth Sears Hager was born on October 31, 1944 in Washington, D.C. to Hess and Betty Spears.{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/71537683:62308 |title= Elizabeth Sears |website=www.AncestryLibrary.com}} She received her bachelor’s degree at Wellesley College in 1966, then her Master of Public Administration at the University of New Hampshire.{{cite web |url=https://nhwomensfoundation.org/people/liz-hager |title= Liz Hager |website= www.nhwomensfoundation.org}}
Public service
Hager was first elected to the state House in 1972. She was reelected twelve times, until losing reelection in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080910/FRONTPAGE/809100307 |title= Concord Monitor - Hager loses after 13 terms in Legislature|website=www.concordmonitor.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201200549/http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080910%2FFRONTPAGE%2F809100307 |archive-date=2009-02-01}} Hager served on the Concord City Council for nine years and was mayor in 1988–1989. She was the first and only female mayor of Concord.
Hager had been mentioned as a possible appointment to the United States Senate, after Judd Gregg was nominated United States Secretary of Commerce.{{cite web |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090131/FRONTPAGE/901310377 |title= NH news, sports, opinion & photos | Concord Monitor|website=www.concordmonitor.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201646/http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090131%2FFRONTPAGE%2F901310377 |archive-date=2016-03-03}}
Political beliefs
Hager is a moderate Republican, who endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election due to his pro-choice stance.{{cite web |url=http://www.politicker.com/new-hampshire/14299/hager-endorses-obama |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-01-31 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210014850/http://www.politicker.com/new-hampshire/14299/hager-endorses-obama |archivedate=2009-02-10 }} During her career, Hager has sponsored legislation protecting abortion rights.{{cite web |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070307/REPOSITORY/70307001/1030 |title= NH news, sports, opinion & photos | Concord Monitor|website=www.concordmonitor.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171126/http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070307%2FREPOSITORY%2F70307001%2F1030 |archive-date=2016-03-03}}
See also
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Category:20th-century mayors of places in New Hampshire
Category:Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
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Category:Politicians from Concord, New Hampshire
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Category:Mayors of Concord, New Hampshire
Category:20th-century members of the New Hampshire General Court
Category:20th-century American women politicians
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