Jason Osborne | |
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Majority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
Assumed office December 2, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Douglas Ley |
Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the Rockingham 4th district | |
Assumed office December 3,2014 | |
Preceded by | Gene Charron Stella Tremblay Dan Dumaine |
Personal details | |
Born | June 15,1977 |
Political party | Republican |
Jason M. Osborne (born June 15,1977) is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He represents Rockingham 4,comprising the towns of Auburn,Chester,and Sandown. [1] In November 2020,the Republican caucus chose him to serve as the New Hampshire House Majority Leader. [2]
Osborne is from Defiance,Ohio,where his family founded Credit Adjustments,Inc. (CAI),a debt collections company,in 1964. [3] [4] Osborne joined the family firm in 1995 and worked as the CIO,and later CEO. [5] [6] With Osborne as CEO,CAI applied for and was granted more than $4 million in federal loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. [7]
In 2021,CAI re-branded as Mammoth Tech. [8] In 2022,Mammoth Tech. abruptly closed,laying off more than 500 employees. [9] The company is currently facing a class-action lawsuit for failing to give notice. This includes rent payments,a $1 million judgment to a staffing agency,and another $181,000 decision on a management company. Former pregnant employees have reportedly filed two disability discrimination suits,one settled and one ongoing. [10]
In 2010,Osborne moved to New Hampshire from Ohio as part of the Free State Project. [11] [12]
Osborne is a Republican. As New Hampshire House Majority Leader,Osborne has been credited with achieving conservative legislative victories despite the Republican caucus's slim majority. [4] [13]
In 2017,Osborne voted for SB 66,which authorizes murder charges for an individual who causes the death of a fetus. [14] In 2021,he voted for HB 625,which prohibits abortions after 24 weeks. [15] He has also voted to repeal New Hampshire buffer zone law and against requiring insurance plans that cover maternity benefits to include coverage for emergency or elective abortion services. [15] In 2022,Osborne voted with Democrats to table HB 1477,a bill that would have prohibited abortion upon the detection of a fetal heartbeat. [16]
In June 2022,Osborne proposed that firearms training be taught at every grade level in public schools. [17] He also described efforts to pass gun safety measures at the federal level as "fruity ideas." [18]
Osborne argued for the legalization of cannabis in New Hampshire in a 2023 op-ed titled "Conservative case for cannabis reform". [19]
Osborne holds a PhD in economics from George Mason University. [20] Osborne's children do not attend public school. [21] Osborne's wife,Sharon,is the chair and director of Latitude Learning Resources,a nonprofit offering cross-curricular classes for homeschoolers and other students. [22] [23] [24]
In 2022,web forum posts from Osborne between 2007 and 2011 surfaced. In them,Osborne used racist slurs and sexist comments about women breastfeeding. He also appeared to argue for abolishing age-of-consent laws. [25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jess Edwards (incumbent) | 6,686 | 14 | |
Republican | Chris True (incumbent) | 6,330 | 13.3 | |
Republican | Jason Osborne (incumbent) | 6,235 | 13.1 | |
Republican | Tony Piemonte (incumbent) | 5,982 | 12.5 | |
Republican | Oliver Ford | 5,966 | 12.5 | |
Democratic | Michael D'Angelo | 3,533 | 7.4 | |
Democratic | Jane Van Zandt | 3,441 | 7.4 | |
Democratic | Matthew Krohn | 3,178 | 6.7 | |
Democratic | Ben Geiger | 3,162 | 6.6 | |
Democratic | Russell Normal | 3,158 | 6.6 | |
Total votes | 47,676 | 100 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris True (incumbent) | 4,416 | 12.6 | |
Republican | Jess Edwards (incumbent) | 4,371 | 12.5 | |
Republican | Becky Owens | 4,236 | 12.1 | |
Republican | Jason Osborne (incumbent) | 4,093 | 11.7 | |
Republican | Tony Piemonte | 3,948 | 11.3 | |
Democratic | Cynthia Herman | 2,934 | 8.4 | |
Democratic | Todd Bedard | 2,834 | 8.1 | |
Democratic | Patrick McLaughlin | 2,784 | 8.0 | |
Democratic | Stephen D'Angelo | 2,698 | 7.7 | |
Democratic | Benjamin Geiger | 2,622 | 7.5 | |
Total votes | 34,940 | 100 | ||
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