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New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south,Vermont to the west,Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east,and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. Of the 50 U.S. states,New Hampshire is the fifth smallest by area and the tenth least populous,with a population of 1,377,529 residents as of the 2020 census. Concord is the state capital and Manchester is the most populous city. New Hampshire's motto,"Live Free or Die",reflects its role in the American Revolutionary War;its nickname,"The Granite State",refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries. It is well known nationwide for holding the first primary in the U.S. presidential election cycle,and for its resulting influence on American electoral politics.
Hart's Location is a town in Carroll County,New Hampshire,United States. Since 1948,the town has frequently been one of the first places to declare its results for the New Hampshire presidential primary and U.S. presidential elections.
Charles Foster Bass is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2007 and 2011 to 2013. He is the son of Perkins Bass,who also represented the same New Hampshire district from 1955 to 1963.
Crawford Notch is a major pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire,located in Hart's Location. Roughly half of that town is contained in Crawford Notch State Park. The high point of the notch,at approximately 1,900 feet (580 m) above sea level,is at the southern end of the town of Carroll,near the Crawford Depot train station and Saco Lake,the source of the Saco River,which flows southward through the steep-sided notch. North of the high point of the notch,Crawford Brook flows more gently northwest to the Ammonoosuc River,a tributary of the Connecticut River.
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court,the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 203 legislative districts across the state,created from divisions of the state's counties. On average,each legislator represents about 3,300 residents,which is the smallest lower house representative-to-population ratio in the country.
Gene G. Chandler is a Republican politician in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Residing in Bartlett,Chandler represented Carroll County District 1 in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for decades until his defeat in 2018.
Raymond "Ray" Buckley is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire who currently serves as chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Buckley previously served as President of the Association of State Democratic Chairs,and as a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee. On December 21,2016 he announced his candidacy to be Chair of the DNC in its chairmanship election. He withdrew his candidacy February 18,2017.
Josiah Butler was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in New Hampshire since January 1,2010,based on legislation signed into law by Governor John Lynch on June 3,2009. The law provided that civil unions,which the state had established on January 1,2008,would be converted to marriages on January 1,2011,unless dissolved,annulled,or converted to marriage before that date.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of New Hampshire enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT residents,with most advances in LGBT rights occurring in the state within the past two decades. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in New Hampshire,and the state began offering same-sex couples the option of forming a civil union on January 1,2008. Civil unions offered most of the same protections as marriages with respect to state law,but not the federal benefits of marriage. Same-sex marriage in New Hampshire has been legally allowed since January 1,2010,and one year later New Hampshire's civil unions expired,with all such unions converted to marriages. New Hampshire law has also protected against discrimination based on sexual orientation since 1998 and gender identity since 2018. Additionally,a conversion therapy ban on minors became effective in the state in January 2019. Effective from January 1,2024,the archaic common-law "gay panic defence" will formally be abolished - by legislation implemented within August 2023.
Kris Edward Roberts is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,representing the Cheshire 3rd District since 2004.
Lucy McVitty Weber is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,representing the Cheshire 1st District since 2006.
Sharon L. Nordgren was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from Grafton County,serving from 1988 to 2024.
Christopher Charles Pappas is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019. From 2013 to 2019,he represented the 4th district on the New Hampshire Executive Council. The district includes Manchester,two towns in Hillsborough,six towns in Merrimack,eight towns in Rockingham,and two towns in Strafford County.
Alfred P. Baldasaro is a Republican politician from the state of New Hampshire. He is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Baldasaro lives in Londonderry and represents District 5 in Rockingham County. He is known for his strongly conservative views and provocative remarks,including one in 2016 where he called for Hillary Clinton to be "put in the firing line and shot" for which he was widely rebuked and investigated by the Secret Service.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire were held on November 6,2018,to elect the two U.S. representatives from the state of New Hampshire,one from each of the state's two congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The 1968 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1968.
Tim Baxter is an American politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Rockingham 20 district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on December 2,2020.
Edward "Ned" Gordon is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A Republican,Gordon has represented the 9th Grafton district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2018 until 2022. He previously served one term in the State House and four in the New Hampshire Senate. He served as a Circuit Court Judge in the New Hampshire Court System from 2005 to 2018. He has served as Town Moderator of Bristol,New Hampshire since 1994.
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