Candidate Profile: Martha Fuller Clark for State Senate

Candidate name: Martha Fuller Clark

Office sought: State Senate, District 21

Political party: Democrat

Date of birth: 03/14/1942

Background/Education: 1964 BA, Mills College, Oakland, California; 1977, MA, Boston University, Boston, Mass.

Experience/Occupation: Architectural Historian and Preservation Consultant, Educator, Community Volunteer and Leader.

Prior elected offices: 1990-2002, Member of NH House of Representatives from Portsmouth; 2004-2010, member of the New Hampshire Senate District 24 (Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, New Castle, Newington, North Hampton, Portsmouth and Rye).

Personal: Born and raised in York, Maine. My father practiced law in Portsmouth, NH until his untimely death in 1962 due to an accident on our farm. My mother served in the Maine legislature from 1966-1972 and during her lifetime was know for her outstanding work in conservation. Married to Dr. Geoffrey E. Clark. Mother of three grown children, Caleb, 37, Nathaniel, 30 and Anna Clark, 28. One grandchild, Scarlett Clark, age 2. Resident of Portsmouth since 1973.

Priorities for New Hampshire and your view of the State Senate role in state government: My priorities for New Hampshire are to 1) to maintain and enhance the quality of life for all New Hampshire citizens, 2) to ensure that NH offers an excellent and affordable public education to all so that we will have a highly educated workforce and a strong economic base with well paying jobs throughout the state and 3) to protect individual freedom and equal rights for all.

Why are you running? I am running because I believe the right wing extremists in our legislature are destroying the state we know and love.  I hope to return to Concord, where I am known for my bipartisanship and effectiveness as a leader, in order to restore balance and reason to our government.  I promise to work co-operatively and vote for the best interests of our people, not for an agenda of radical ideology.