House, New Hampshire , District #1

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is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New Hampshire. She was previously the City Chair of the Rochester, New Hampshire Democratic Party. On November 7, 2006, she defeated incumbent Republican Jeb Bradley of New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the 2006 midterm elections in an upset victory to become the first woman ever elected to Congress from New Hampshire

Shea-Porter is a strong supporter of a timetable for troop withdrawals. She also supports rolling back the Bush tax cuts to pay for additional social spending, and supports increasing the minimum wage. Regarding healthcare, Shea-Porter supports a change in the new Medicare Part D drug benefit to allow the government to negotiate prices for prescription drugs.

Shea-Porter is on record opposing programs using education "as a carrot for military service," a "100%" supporter of a woman's right to choose, and cited truthout.org as one of the sources of information she relies on.

Shea-Porter has concealed her vote in Democrat leadership elections following the 2006 election, but it is widely speculated that she supported Jack Murtha (D-PA) for the post.

In her first two months as New Hampshire's first female representative, Shea-Porter helped to pass the First 100 Hours legislative package and other bills: the Employee Free Choice Act, the Fair Minimum Wage Act, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act, the College Student Relief Act, the Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act, and the Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act.