“We Have Power. They’re Afraid of Us:” Talking With Arnie Arneson

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

After serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992, Deborah “Arnie” Arnesen became the first major party female nominee for governor of New Hampshire. According to the Institute of Politics at Harvard University, she got more votes in that election than any other Democratic candidate in New Hampshire’s history. Then, in 1996, she ran for the 105th U.S. Congress from New Hampshire’s Second District.

Arnesen has...