Katrina Swett Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Political career== Swett ran two of [[Tom Lantos|her father's]] campaigns for Congress. She was a Congressional staffer, first as a [[Legislature|legislative]] assistant and then as Deputy [[Counsel]] to the [[Criminal Justice]] Subcommittee of the [[Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref name="aboutswett"/> She co-hosted a political talk show, ''Beyond Politics'' on [[WMUR-TV]] Channel 9 with former [[Assistant Secretary of State]] [[Elizabeth Tamposi]].<ref name="aboutswett" /> She ran in 2002 against Republican incumbent U.S. Representative [[Charles Bass]] and received less than 41% of vote, losing by 16%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-elections-web-archive/about-this-collection/|title=About this Collection | United States Elections Web Archive | Digital Collections | Library of Congress|website=Library of Congress|accessdate=Oct 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhpr.org/post/water-crisis-looms-thirsty-planet|title=Water Crisis Looms For A Thirsty Planet|website=www.nhpr.org|date=24 April 2012 |accessdate=Oct 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/nh102002/nh1002main.html post by Eric M. Appleman at GWU web site]</ref> Swett was national co-chair of [[Joe Lieberman]]'s 2004 presidential race.<ref name="dailykos">[http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/13/142330/498 Essay-Blog by Kos dated June 13, 2007], citing {{cite news |first=Eric |last=Moskowitz |title=Joe's N.H. supporters still loyal, Lieberman allies distraught at loss |newspaper=[[Concord Monitor]] |date=August 13, 2006 |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060813/REPOSITORY/608130328 |access-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511064606/http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060813%2FREPOSITORY%2F608130328 |archive-date=May 11, 2008 |url-status=dead }} (both retrieved on June 20, 2007).</ref> She accused [[General (United States)|General]] [[Wesley Clark]] of apostasy on the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002|AUMF]] in the [[Iraq War of 2003]], and for having linked [[Al-Qaeda]] with Iraq.<ref name=Wyatt_2004>{{cite news |title=Tape Shows General Clark Linking Iraq and Al Qaeda |last=Wyatt |first=Edward |page=A16 |date=January 11, 2004 |location=New York, N.Y. |issn=0362-4331 |id=ProQuest document ID 92956858{{ProQuest|92956858}} |newspaper=ProQuest Historical Newspapers: [[The New York Times]] (1851β2008) }}</ref> In 2006, she supported Lieberman's successful 2006 re-election campaign as an [[Independent (politics)|Independent]] against [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Ned Lamont]]<ref name="dailykos" /> and Republican nominee [[Alan Schlesinger]].<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/connecticut-united-states-senate-election-2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006: Information and Much More from Answers.com], citing [[United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2006]]</ref> ===2002 U.S. House of Representatives campaign=== {{see also|United States House of Representatives elections in New_Hampshire, 2002#New Hampshire}} She ran for Congress in 2002, unsuccessfully attempting to recapture the seat previously held by her husband. General [[Wesley Clark]] endorsed her; he had known the Swetts when he was [[SACEUR]] and they lived in [[Denmark]].<ref name=Wyatt_2004/> She received financial support from her parents, [[Nancy Pelosi]], [[Pritzker family|John and Lisa Pritzker]], a [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors|San Francisco Supervisor]] and her husband, [[Warren Hellman]], [[Herbert Sandler]] and [[Marion Sandler]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Kate Capshaw]], [[David Geffen]], and other [[Californian people|Californians]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Epstein |authorlink=Edward Jay Epstein |first=Edward |title=Lantos stumps hard for daughter's campaign; Bay Area funds help fill Katrina Swett's New Hampshire war chest. |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=September 9, 2002 |page=A5 |accessdate=2012-04-27 |url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=News&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA91178670&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=f5a040c40370b03d03926a08c3452b66 |id=<nowiki>GALE|A91178670</nowiki> |format=fee, via [[Fairfax County Public Library]] }}. [[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] Biography In Context. {{subscription required}}</ref> ===2008 U.S. Senate campaign=== [[File: Katrina and Dick Swett.jpg| right|thumb |Katrina and Dick Swett, at 2008 Milford Labor Day parade]] {{See also|United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2008}} 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 Party (United States)|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,<ref>[http://www.wcsh6.com/news/regional/article.aspx?storyid=70957 Katrina Swett Drops out of NH Senate Race"]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[WCSH-TV]] 6 September 21, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007</ref> who later won the election. ===2010 U.S. House of Representatives campaign=== {{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, 2010#District 2}} 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.<ref>[http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100115/NEWS01/1150323/1001 "Swett joins House race"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021183226/http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100115%2FNEWS01%2F1150323%2F1001 |date=2013-10-21 }}, ''Concord Monitor'', January 15, 2010</ref> Her more left-leaning opponent, [[Ann McLane Kuster]], won the [[primary election]],<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |title=Liberal Democrats oust party stalwart in N.H. House primary |first=Kathy |last=Kiely |date=September 15, 2010 |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/09/liberal-democrats-oust-party-stalwart-in-nh-house-primary/1#.T5nryNnODAI |accessdate=2012-04-26 |quote=The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a group founded to promote the candidacies of Democrats at the leftward edge of the party's spectrum, is celebrating a big victory tonight in a New Hampshire Democratic primary. PCCC-backed Ann McLane Kuster defeated longtime Democratic activist Katrina Swett in a race to pick a nominee for the seat being vacated by Rep. Paul Hodes. }}</ref> but Kuster lost in the general election to her Republican opponent, [[Charles Bass]]. Ann Kuster won the general election in the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2012|2012 U.S. House of Representatives]] campaign. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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