Arnie Arnesen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 7th Grafton district | |
| In office 1984–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen N. Harnish |
| Succeeded by | William J. Driscoll David O. Dow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Deborah Arnie Arnesen October 1, 1953 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Martin Capodice
(m. 2002; died 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | |
| Website | Official website |
Deborah Arnie Arnesen (born October 1, 1953), is an American radio show host and former politician, serving for eight years as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
Arnesen was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Norwegian father and an Italian mother.[1]
Arnesen is a former fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics, and a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Orford, New Hampshire, serving from 1984 to 1992.[2] She was the Democratic nominee in the 1992 New Hampshire gubernatorial election and also ran for U.S. Congress in 1996.[3] She was the first woman in New Hampshire history to be nominated by a major political party in a race for governor.[4] She was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board in 1993 and again in 1997.
Arnesen has supported a broad-based tax plan in New Hampshire, rejecting The Pledge and supporting the establishment of a state-level income tax.[5]
Arnesen is the host of The Attitude on WNHN 94.7FM in New Hampshire.[6] She has also made several appearances on C-SPAN.[7]
Arnesen has two daughters, Melissa Arnesen-Trunzo (born 1982) and Kirsten Arnesen-Trunzo (born 1984) from her marriage to Thomas Trunzo. They divorced in 2000. She met Martin J. Capodice in 2000 and married him in 2002. He died in 2013.[8][9]
Currently she runs a B&B (booked through AirBNB) across the street from the Christa McCauliffe school. One of the rooms has a plaque in it where a former Democratic president slept.[citation needed]