Carol Shea-Porter, right, hugs her mother, Peggy Shea, after defeating Rep. Jeb Bradley (AP Photo)
Carol Shea-Porter Story aired: Monday, November 13, 2006
Carol Shea-Porter launched a successful $200,000 grass-roots campaign to defeat her well-funded opponent, Jeb Bradley.
She's credited with having one of the most effective campaign commericals: a no-frills ad featuring her seated next to her mother.
Shea-Porter joins us today from Congress to discuss her campaign's embrace of New Hampshire's untapped voters.
Now she plans to face the country's "plate of troubles" with a warm, friendly tone.
She calls for a withdrawal from Iraq within six months, changes in healthcare, and reforms in the deficit she describes as a "train-wreck waiting to happen."
She hopes the 1st District voters who sent her to Washington will hear their own voices from the nation's capitol.
