Katrina Swett
| Katrina Swett | |
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| Katrina and Dick Swett, at 2008 Milford Labor Day parade | |
| Democratic candidate for United States House of Representatives NH 2nd District |
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| Election date 2010 |
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| Born | Katrina Lantos October 8, 1955 Concord, New Hampshire[citation needed][dubious ] |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Swett |
| Children | Chelsea, Sebastian, Keaton, Chanteclaire, Kismet, Atticus and Sunday |
| Residence | Bow, New Hampshire |
| Alma mater | Yale University University of California, Hastings College of Law University of Southern Denmark |
| Profession | Professor |
| Religion | American Latter Day Saints |
Katrina Swett (born October 8, 1955) is an American educator and political candidate. She ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district during the 2010 United States midterm elections.
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[edit] Early life, education and career
Swett is a first-generation American. Her father, the late congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), a Holocaust survivor, and her mother, Annette Tillemann Lantos, came to the United States from Hungary after World War II. Katrina Swett has a sister, Annette.
She attended Yale University, graduating with a degree in Political Science. She received her Juris Doctor in 1976 after attending the University of California, Hastings College of Law. In 2006 she earned her Ph.D. in History with a Focus on Human Rights and United States Foreign Policy from the University of Southern Denmark.[1]
She is the wife of Ambassador and former Congressman Richard Swett and daughter of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, vice president of Swett Associates, Inc., a consulting firm.[2] Swett met Richard Swett at Yale, where she became a Mormon, largely through her interactions with Jeffrey R. Holland.[3] Katrina and Richard married in 1980[4] They have seven children and live in New Hampshire.[1]
[edit] Political career
Swett ran two of her father's campaigns for Congress. She was a Congressional staffer, first as a legislative assistant and then as Deputy Counsel to the Criminal Justice Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.[2]
She co-hosted a political talk show, "Beyond Politics" on WMUR TV Channel 9 with former Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Tamposi.[2] She ran in 2002 against Republican incumbent U.S. Representative Charles Bass and received less than 41% of vote, losing by 16%.[5][6][7]
Swett was national co-chair of Joe Lieberman's 2004 presidential race.[8] She was a supporter of Lieberman in his successful 2006 re-election campaign as an Independent against Democrat Ned Lamont[8] and Republican nominee Alan Schlesinger.[9]
[edit] 2008 U.S. Senate campaign
On January 18, 2007, Katrina Swett announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in the 2008 elections in New Hampshire, in hopes of being the Democratic nominee to unseat incumbent Republican John E. Sununu. She began fundraising for the 2008 Senate campaign. After former Governor and 2002 nominee Jeanne Shaheen announced her candidacy, Swett withdrew and endorsed Shaheen.[10]
[edit] 2010 U.S. House of Representatives campaign
On January 14, 2010, Katrina Swett announced her candidacy for the Democratic Primary for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in the 2010 elections.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Katrina Swett for Senate - 2008. campaign website
- ^ a b c "About Us". Swett Associates official web site. http://www.swettassociates.com/aboutus.htm.
- ^ Mormon Times, February 7, 2009
- ^ N.H. NPR interview synposis
- ^ Election 2002 Web Archive Record - Katrina Swett, Democratic Party candidate for House, New Hampshire, 2nd District, 2002
- ^ N.H. NPR story on the 2002 campaign
- ^ post by Eric M. Appleman at GWU web site
- ^ a b Essay-Blog by Kos dated June 13, 2007, citing Eric Moskowitz, Joe's N.H. supporters still loyal, Lieberman allies distraught at loss, Concord Monitor (August 13, 2006), online at [1] (both retrieved on June 20, 2007).
- ^ United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006: Information and Much More from Answers.com, citing United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006
- ^ Katrina Swett Drops out of NH Senate Race", WCSH 6 September 21, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007
- ^ "Swett joins House race", Concord Monitor, January 15, 2010
[edit] External links
- Swett for Congress official campaign site
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Appearances on C-SPAN programs
- Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
- Profile at Sourcewatch
- 1955 births
- Spouses of members of the United States House of Representatives
- Living people
- Children of Holocaust survivors
- American Latter Day Saints
- Converts to Mormonism from Judaism
- Yale University alumni
- University of California, Hastings alumni
- American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent
- New Hampshire Democrats
- Candidates in United States elections, 2008
- Candidates in United States elections, 2010
