Nancy Stiles

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|term_end1 = December 2016

|predecessor1 = Martha Fuller Clark

|successor1 = Daniel Innis

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Nancy Stiles is an American school nutrition manager and former Republican member of the New Hampshire State Senate representing the 24th district.

Background

Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Stiles earned a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of New Hampshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=42931 |title=Nancy Stiles' Biography - The Voter's Self Defense System |publisher=Vote Smart |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}

For thirty years before her retirement, Stiles worked as a director of food services and as school nutrition director for the Hampton School District. She also taught food service management for the University of New Hampshire. Stiles has chaired the Public Policy and Legislation Committee of the American School Food Service Association.{{Cite news|url=http://www.fosters.com/news/20180127/when-families-cant-afford-school-lunch|title=When families can't afford school lunch|last=Barndollar|first=Hadley|work=fosters.com|access-date=2018-01-31|language=en}}

Legislative service

Stiles served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for the 15th Rockingham County District, first winning the seat in 2004 and being re-elected in 2006 and 2008. She served on the standing committee on Education.

On November 2, 2010, Stiles won election to the New Hampshire State Senate. She faced no opposition in her primary and defeated Democratic incumbent Martha Fuller Clark in the general election with 11,594 votes to Clark's 11,056. She chairs the Senate's standing committee on education, and is also assigned to the committees on public affairs and on transportation.

In 2013, Stiles was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.{{cite web|author=John Avlon |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/28/the-pro-freedom-republicans-are-coming-131-sign-gay-marriage-brief.html |title=The Pro-Freedom Republicans Are Coming: 131 Sign Gay Marriage Brief |publisher=The Daily Beast |date=2013-02-28 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}

Personal

She and her husband Howard have three children. They live in Hampton, New Hampshire.{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Nancy_Stiles|title=Nancy Stiles - Ballotpedia|access-date=2018-01-26|language=en-US}}

References

External links

[http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/Senate/members/webpages/district24.aspx Stiles' Senate website]
[http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=42931 Project Vote Smart legislative profile]
[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=42931 Project Vote Smart biography]
[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=73415 2004 campaign contributions]
[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=89556 2006 campaign contributions]
[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=108959 2008 campaign contributions]

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Category:Living people

Category:Republican Party New Hampshire state senators

Category:Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Category:Women state legislators in New Hampshire

Category:People from Hampton, New Hampshire

Category:Politicians from New Bedford, Massachusetts

Category:University of New Hampshire alumni

Category:University of New Hampshire faculty

Category:American women academics

Category:21st-century American women politicians

Category:21st-century members of the New Hampshire General Court