Goodlander, Maggie

Margaret Goodlander represents New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district and began her tenure in the House in 2025, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Annie Kuster. Before entering Congress, Goodlander built a career spanning military service, law, and government. She graduated from Yale College in 2009 and worked as a foreign policy advisor to Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain. She served as an intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve for 11 years, reaching the rank of lieutenant, while also pursuing legal education at Yale Law School. After graduating in 2016, she clerked for Chief Judge Merrick Garland and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, then worked at a major law firm and taught constitutional law at the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College.

Goodlander's government service includes significant roles in Congress and the executive branch. She served as counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during the first impeachment of Donald Trump, co-authoring a constitutional analysis of the charges. In the Biden administration, she joined the Department of Justice as counselor to Attorney General Garland and later served as deputy assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division, overseeing international, appellate, and policy matters. She also briefly served as a White House senior advisor leading the administration's Unity Agenda for the Nation.

In Congress, Goodlander serves on the House Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on Small Business, reflecting her background in military and national security matters as well as economic policy. Her legislative priorities include protecting workers from exploitative private equity practices, expanding educational opportunities through the PATH to Education Act, supporting military personnel through the Military Learning for Credit Act, and protecting public shipyard workers. She has also introduced legislation focused on transitioning reservists to active or inactive national service roles.