Deborah Arnie Arnesen


Deborah Arnie Arnesen, is an American radio show host and former politician, serving for eight years as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Early life

Arnesen was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Norwegian father and an Italian mother.

Political career

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. She was the Democratic nominee in the 1992 New Hampshire gubernatorial election and also ran for U.S. Congress in 1996. She was the first woman in New Hampshire history to be nominated by a major political party in a race for governor. 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.

Media career

Arnesen is the host of The Attitude on WNHN 94.7FM in New Hampshire. She has also made several appearances on C-SPAN.

Personal life

Arnesen has two daughters, Melissa Arnesen-Trunzo and Kirsten Arnesen-Trunzo from her relationship with Thomas Trunzo. She met Martin J. Capodice in 2000 and married him in 2002. He died in 2013.