She is a Democratic former member of the New Hampshire Senate from Durham, serving from 2008 to 2012.
[1] She represented Senate District 21, which comprised Dover, Durham, Epping, Lee, and Rollinsford.
Merrill served on the Education; Election Law and Veteran's Affairs; Energy, Environment and Economic Development; and Wildlife, Fish and Game and Agriculture committees in the Senate.
[2] Merrill lives in Durham with her husband, Kenneth Fuld, who is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of New Hampshire.
[2] They have two children, Anna and Sam Fuld, an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2015 and now the General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.