Kelly Ayotte
American attorney and politician
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| January 9 2025 | Takes office as the 83rd Governor of New Hampshire, becoming the third woman to be elected to this position. |
| January 8 2025 | Ayotte is expected to assume office as governor of New Hampshire. |
| 2024 | Ayotte won the New Hampshire gubernatorial election, defeating Democratic nominee Joyce Craig with approximately 53.6% of the vote. |
| 2024 | Running for governor, Ayotte expressed her opposition to laws that keep a student's gender identity confidential and supported laws that require schools to inform parents about a student's gender identity. |
| 2024 | Ayotte expressed her support for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment and stated she would veto any legislation to restrict abortion during the first 24 weeks. |
| 2024 | During her gubernatorial campaign, Ayotte reversed her position and stated she opposed federal restrictions on abortion, while supporting current New Hampshire abortion law. |
| 2024 | Kelly Ayotte retracted her earlier support for a pathway to citizenship for immigrants. |
| 2024 | Kelly Ayotte endorsed Donald Trump's bid for the presidency in 2024. |
| 2024 | Ayotte announced her candidacy for the governor of New Hampshire after incumbent Governor Chris Sununu declared he would retire at the end of his term. |
| 2024 | Kelly Ayotte was elected governor of New Hampshire, defeating Democratic nominee Joyce Craig, becoming the third woman to be elected as the state's governor. |
| November 2024 | Elected Governor of New Hampshire, defeating Democratic nominee Joyce Craig. |
| 2017 | Concluded her term as U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. |
| 2017 | After President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court, Ayotte was selected to lead the White House team escorting the nominee to meetings and hearings on Capitol Hill. |
| 2016 | Ayotte received a 100% rating from National Right to Life and an 82% rating from the pro-life Campaign for Working Families. |
| 2016 | NARAL Pro-Choice America gave Ayotte a 15% rating and pro-choice Planned Parenthood gave her a 6% rating. |
| 2016 | Kelly Ayotte initially backed Donald Trump's presidential bid during the 2016 election. |
| 2016 | Ayotte was defeated in her reelection bid for the U.S. Senate by Democratic Governor Maggie Hassan by a narrow margin of 1,017 votes. |
| October 2016 | After lewd sexual comments made by Republican nominee Donald Trump came to light, Kelly Ayotte declared that she could no longer vote for him and would instead write in Mike Pence for president. |
| July 2016 | In July, Ayotte released a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS, which included a proposal for a more aggressive campaign of U.S. airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. |
| June 2016 | Ayotte voted against an amendment by Chris Murphy that would have required background checks for gun sales at gun shows, over the internet, and between friends and family, while supporting an amendment to increase funding for the background check system. |
| May 4 2016 | An Ayotte spokeswoman stated that Kelly Ayotte intended to support the Republican nominee for U.S. president but did not plan to make an endorsement. |
| February 2016 | The Koch Brothers-linked conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity announced that Kelly Ayotte was the only vulnerable Republican U.S. senator they would not support for reelection in 2016 due to her support for the Clean Power Plan. |
| 2015 | Ayotte opposed the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and introduced a bill in the Senate aimed at blocking its closure and prohibiting the transfer of detainees to the United States. |
| 2015 | Kelly Ayotte and Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, a legislative initiative designed to combat sexual assault on college campuses and enhance support for survivors. |
| 2015 | Ayotte was one of 11 U.S. Senate Republicans who voted to extend Social Security and veterans' benefits to all same-sex married couples. |
| 2015 | She was one of five Republican senators to vote in favor of a non-binding amendment stating that 'climate change is real and human activity significantly contributes to climate change.' |
| 2015 | Kelly Ayotte supported a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and contributed to the passage of the Senate's first balanced budget in 14 years. |
| December 2015 | Kelly Ayotte voted to suspend the Medical Device Tax, arguing that it threatened nearly 3,500 manufacturing jobs in New Hampshire. |
| October 2015 | Ayotte became the first congressional Republican to endorse President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which aimed for a 32 percent cut in carbon emissions from the power sector. |
| August 2015 | Kelly Ayotte criticized the transfer of 15 prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the United Arab Emirates, expressing concerns about their ties to terrorism and potential for returning to terrorist activities. |
| March 2015 | Ayotte voted for an amendment to create a deficit-neutral reserve fund that would allow employees to earn paid sick time and offered a bill to enable private-sector employers to provide optional flex-time. |
| 2014 | Kelly Ayotte, alongside Claire McCaskill, led the passage of a bill aimed at reforming the military's handling of sexual assaults, which included measures to increase prosecutions and improve support for survivors. |
| 2014 | Ayotte led a Republican effort to call for a vote on a bill to implement a 20-week nationwide abortion ban. |
| 2014 | Kelly Ayotte included provisions in the Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act to allow New Hampshire veterans to receive medical care closer to home. |
| 2014 | Ayotte was the only member of the New Hampshire delegation to vote against a budget proposal that singled out veterans' benefits for cuts. |
| October 2014 | Kelly Ayotte wrote an op-ed in The Hill criticizing Mahmoud Abbas for embarking on a destructive course that she claimed was harmful to the prospects for rebuilding Gaza and achieving Israeli–Palestinian peace. |
| April 2014 | Kelly Ayotte participated in the Senate debate on the Paycheck Fairness Act, where she opposed ending debate on the bill, citing a lack of consideration for Republican amendments by Majority Leader Harry Reid. |
| April 2014 | Kelly Ayotte voted to extend federal funding for unemployment benefits, which had initially begun in 2008 but had expired at the end of 2013. |
| April 2014 | Ayotte proposed her own equal pay bill, the Gender Advancement in Pay Act, aimed at implementing New Hampshire's equal pay law at the federal level with stronger anti-retaliation provisions. |
| 2013 | Ayotte opposed legislation offered by Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey to mandate background checks for all commercial gun sales, but voted for an amendment to increase access to mental health records for background checks. |
| 2013 | She voted for a point of order opposing a carbon tax or a fee on carbon emissions. |
| 2013 | Kelly Ayotte voted for the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, endorsing it as a thoughtful, bipartisan solution to immigration reform. |
| 2013 | The Lugar Center at Georgetown University ranked Ayotte as the 11th most bipartisan member of the U.S. Senate during the 113th Congress. |
| 2013 | Kelly Ayotte attended a forum at Saint Anselm College to explain the Never Contract With the Enemy Act (S. 675), which she co-sponsored with Richard Blumenthal, addressing issues related to military contractor fraud. |
| November 2013 | In November, Ayotte was one of 10 Senate Republicans who voted in favor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which passed by a vote of 64–32. |
| November 2013 | Amid growing concerns over the launch of HealthCare.gov and delays with initial online signups for health coverage, Kelly Ayotte called for a 'time out' on the Affordable Care Act, suggesting the need for a bipartisan group to address health care concerns. |
| November 21 2013 | Kelly Ayotte introduced S. 1764, a bill to prevent the retirement of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II until enough Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs have been constructed to replace the existing A-10s. |
| July 31 2013 | Ayotte introduced S. 1406, which aimed to regulate permits for managing horse shows and to make it a crime to engage in practices harmful to horses, including banning certain breeds from being sold or raced with specific equipment. |
| February 7 2013 | She introduced S. 263, a bill to limit federal agency hiring and to prevent members of Congress from receiving a cost-of-living adjustment in years when the federal government runs a budget deficit. |
| January 2013 | Ayotte introduced S. 31, a bill to permanently ban state and local governments from imposing taxes on internet access and goods sold via the internet. |
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