民主党推选珀金斯·夸卡为新罕布什尔州参议院领袖 有望出任议长
新罕布什尔州梅里马克县康科德市消息：州参议院民主党党团11月6日投票推选朴茨茅斯选区参议员丽贝卡·珀金斯·夸卡为党团领袖，她有望在12月当选新一届州参议院议长。
11月3日选举中，民主党赢得州参议院24席中的15席，夺回多数地位，共和党目前16比8的优势将在明年1月新任期开始时易手。珀金斯·夸卡现任少数党领袖，曾任朴茨茅斯市议员，11月3日赢得第四个两年任期。
州参议院民主党党团表示，该党候选人以降低花岗岩州家庭生活成本、终结康科德腐败为竞选纲领。斯特拉瑟姆选区参议员黛布拉·阿尔特希勒同时当选党团副助理领袖之一。珀金斯·夸卡若在12月当选，将成为新一届州参议院议长，主持为期两年的立法会期，新一届州参议院将于明年1月就职。
New Hampshire Democrats Pick Perkins Kwoka as Senate Leader, in Line to Become President
CONCORD, N.H. — The state Senate Democratic caucus voted on November 6 to select Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka of Portsmouth as its leader, putting her in line to be elected president of the new state Senate in December.
In the November 3 elections, Democrats won 15 of the Senate's 24 seats, retaking the majority; the Republicans' current 16-8 advantage will flip when the new term begins in January. Perkins Kwoka, the current minority leader and a former Portsmouth city councilor, won a fourth two-year term on November 3.
The Senate Democratic caucus said its candidates ran on lowering the cost of living for Granite State families and ending corruption in Concord. Sen. Debra Altschiller of Stratham was also elected as one of the caucus's deputy assistant leaders. If elected in December, Perkins Kwoka will become president of the new state Senate and preside over the two-year legislative session; the new Senate takes office in January.
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