A former senior White House aide with deep political connections is running for Congress in her home state of New Hampshire. Democrat Maggie Goodlander is married to President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan. Goodlander is the third Democrat to enter the race to succeed U.S. Rep.
FILE - The New Hampshire statehouse is pictured, June 2, 2019, in Concord . Democrat Maggie Goodlander, a former senior White House aide with deep political connections, is running for Congress in her home state of New Hampshire . In a campaign announcement Thursday, May 9, 2024, she said she’s running to take on bullies like right wing judges, extreme politicians and big corporations. CONCORD , N.H.
Goodlander, 37, grew up in Nashua and recently moved back there from Washington, where she worked in the Justice Department as a top antitrust official and as counsel to Attorney General Merrick Garland before moving to the White House chief of staff’s office earlier this year. Previously, she served as an intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve and taught constitutional law at the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College.
“Right wing judges, extreme politicians, big corporations all have too much power,” she said in a campaign announcement video released Thursday. “I’m ready to take these bullies on. That’s why I’m running for Congress.”US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official saysThe Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848.
The White House confirmed Thursday that Goodlander is no longer an employee there. Her husband, Sullivan, will abide by the federal law banning government employees from using their jobs for political purposes, said a White House official, who was not authorized to speak on the record and insisted on anonymity., a former member of the governor’s Executive Council, and state Sen. Becky Whitley.
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