Jackie Cilley
Her father, Archie Edward Rowe, was a trucker[1] and Korean War veteran[2] and her mother Celestine Phyllis Currier worked in a textile factory.[3] In her late 20s as a separated single mother[5] she decided to proceed to higher education and enrolled in the University of New Hampshire at Durham, becoming the first member of her extended family to attend college.For fifteen years she owned and operated Cilley & Associates, a research consulting service providing information and market assistance to local businesses.[6] She is a partner in her husband's farrier supply company Horseshoes Plus, Inc.[6][7] In 2004 she ran for a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and won.She subsequently served for two terms as a New Hampshire Senator, representing the 6th District from 2006 to 2010, when she was defeated for re-election by Republican Fenton Groen.