Biography
No one has worked harder or longer for New Hampshire’s future than Betty Hall. Over the last 50 years, Betty built a manufacturing business, served her community on school boards, finance committees and virtually every local board, and worked tirelessly in Concord to promote progressive and common-sense policies to improve life in New Hampshire. Now Betty Hall wants to use her experience on behalf of families, workers, and New Hampshire’s communities to work in the New Hampshire Senate.
Betty Hall’s experience speaks for itself (and we can only begin to list her accomplishments here):
As chairman of the Hillsborough County Democratic Party from 1992 to 1996, Betty built a proven record as a successful party leader. As Democratic chair for New Hampshire’s largest county, Betty worked tirelessly to recruit candidates, organize successful campaigns, and build a winning party.
From 1994 to 2002, Betty served on the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s Constitution Committee. As a leader in the effort to draft a new constitution for the state’s Democratic Party, Betty worked for eight years to understand, improve, and restructure the party into the winner that it now is.
Betty brings a depth and breadth of experience to this effort from her years in New Hampshire’s House of Representatives. Since her first election to the House in 1970, Betty has worked with the state’s leaders to manage New Hampshire’s growth, build its economy, and maintain its natural beauty.
As a state chair for Common Cause in the 1970s, Betty knows the demands a statewide organization faces and understands the need to involve every part of our state in the decisions that New Hampshire faces.
Betty’s experience in the private sector has proven her abilities as a successful administrator. During her decades of building the family business, beginning in 1948 – Hall Quality Totes – Betty demonstrated her abilities as an administrator. With a factory, a retail store, and distribution processes, Betty managed the company alone from the time of her husband’s death.
Betty’s work both as chairman and as a board member of Harbor Homes (visit Harbor Homes) and her work on behalf of people with mental illness, the homeless and with veterans has won her awards. She has worked tirelessly in the legislature on education, environmental, and openness-in-government issues.
In the New Hampshire Legislature, and in the public and private sectors, Betty Hall has a proven record of success. As a state senator, she will use her passion as an advocate, her skill as an administrator, and her experience as a leader to help make New Hampshire a better state.
Bush protest trial, 2004
Name: Betty Hall
Age: 87
Birthday: March 18th
College: College
Columbia University
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Book: John Adams
by David McCullough
Favorite Quote: Article 10, Right of Revolution ( NH Constitution)
My favorite links
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•www.afterdowningstreet.org
A Tireless Worker on Behalf of Communities and New Hampshire
“There is an old saying that age is not defined by the years in your life, but the life in your years. If that is the case, then Betty Hall is probably one of the youngest people ever . . . Anyone familiar with Betty's work, as I have been for the past 25 years, knows that her intelligence and unwavering passion quickly eclipse any question of age. She runs circles around people who are supposedly ‘younger’ and I include myself in that group.”
- Peter Kelleher,
President and CEO
Harbor Homes, Inc.
and Affiliates
Betty Hall’s Contribution to Party Politics in New Hampshire
Note: This list of accomplishments also includes Betty Hall’s work in her early years for the Republican Party.
Served on the Republican State Committee in the 1970s when Powell was Governor.
Served as Hillsborough County Republican Committee as Secretary in the 1970s when Peterson was Governor.
Won election as State Representative, 1970 (r) .
Won reelection to NH House in 1971.
Won Republican Primary for Senate against Al Rock (r), Publisher and Fred Fletcher (r), Executive Councilor. Betty Hall was the Republican Nominee. No Democrat filed. There were about 150 write-in votes on the Democratic side. Republican Nominee Betty Hall (r) had 71 write-in votes on the Democratic side. Al Rock (r) had 72 write-in votes and was the Democratic nominee. Al Rock (r) running as a Democrat won the General Election. After a recount of both Republican and Democratic ballot, Al Rock (r) was declared the winner.
Ran in a Special Election Convention for Senator Al Rock’s seat in 1976 after Al Rock died in office. Lost on the flip of a coin to John Stabile, developer.
Lost Republican Primary nomination for Senate to Jean White (r). Won Democratic nomination by write-in votes. Lost Regular Election to Jean White in 1980.
Won election as Delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1984.
Officially changed from (r) to (d) in 1986 and won reelection to the NH House as a Democrat in 1986.
Served on the Executive Committee of the Hillsborough County Caucus and the State Committee Committee 1986 - 2002.
Won reelection to the NH House of Representatives as a Democrat 1988 - 2002.
Served as Hillsborough County Democratic Chair 1992-1996
Served in the Clinton Campaign in 1992 and ran for Delegate to the National Convention and missed the cut.
Won election as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1996.
Served on the Coordinated Campaign as representative of the Clinton Campaign in 1996.
Served on the Constitution Committee of the Democratic State Committee for 4 terms, one as chair, 1994 to 2002.
Received the Dunfey-Kanteres Award for Service to the Democratic Party in 1997.
Elected Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, pledged to Dean, in 2004. Did not make the cut.
Not reelected to the New Hampshire House in 2002.
Elected to New Hampshire House in 2004 and 2006.