Bill Shaheen
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Bill Shaheen is the husband of U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
. He is a prominent New Hampshire lawyer and co-founder of the Shaheen & Gordon law firm
; he currently serves as a board member at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College
. He and Jeanne Shaheen have three children.
's New Hampshire campaign manager in the 2000 presidential primary
, where he won a narrow but critical victory against Bill Bradley
.
In the 2008 presidential campaign
, Shaheen was a national co-chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and a co-chair of her New Hampshire campaign.
He resigned from the campaign in December 2007 after stating that Clinton opponent Barack Obama
might be less electable because the press might wonder if Obama, who is black, had sold drugs in college. (Obama had acknowledged using drugs when he was younger, describing it as a mistake.) "It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?'" he said.
Shaheen apologized later that day, and reiterated his apology in his resignation the next day. The comments were not authorized by the campaign, and Clinton personally apologized to Obama the next day. Shaheen had served on the campaign since March 2007.
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the Senior United States Senator from New Hampshire. The first woman in U.S. history to be elected as both a Governor and U.S. Senator, she was the first woman to be elected Governor of New Hampshire, serving from...
. He is a prominent New Hampshire lawyer and co-founder of the Shaheen & Gordon law firm
Law firm
A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...
; he currently serves as a board member at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College
Saint Anselm College
Saint Anselm College is a nationally ranked, private, Benedictine, Catholic liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889 by Abbot Hilary Pfrängle, O.S.B. of Saint Mary's Abbey in Newark, New Jersey, at the request of Bishop Denis M. Bradley of Manchester, New Hampshire, the...
. He and Jeanne Shaheen have three children.
Political work
Shaheen served as Al GoreAl Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
's New Hampshire campaign manager in the 2000 presidential primary
Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2000
The 2000 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2000 U.S. presidential election...
, where he won a narrow but critical victory against Bill Bradley
Bill Bradley
William Warren "Bill" Bradley is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.Bradley was born and raised in a suburb of St....
.
In the 2008 presidential campaign
Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008
The 2008 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election...
, Shaheen was a national co-chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and a co-chair of her New Hampshire campaign.
He resigned from the campaign in December 2007 after stating that Clinton opponent Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
might be less electable because the press might wonder if Obama, who is black, had sold drugs in college. (Obama had acknowledged using drugs when he was younger, describing it as a mistake.) "It'll be, 'When was the last time? Did you ever give drugs to anyone? Did you sell them to anyone?'" he said.
Shaheen apologized later that day, and reiterated his apology in his resignation the next day. The comments were not authorized by the campaign, and Clinton personally apologized to Obama the next day. Shaheen had served on the campaign since March 2007.