Jim Lawrence (politician)

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Jim Lawrence is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. [1]

New Hampshire House of Representatives lower house of U.S. state legislature

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Lawrence served three terms in the New Hampshire House. He owns a consulting firm based in Nashua, New Hampshire. He ran against Gary Lambert and Marilinda Garcia for the Republican Party nomination for the New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in the 2014 elections. [2] He unsuccessfully ran for this seat again in the 2016 elections as the Republican nominee competing against incumbent Democrat Ann McLane Kuster. If elected, he would have been the first black member of Congress from New Hampshire. [3]

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Gary Lambert is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A Republican from Nashua, he served in the New Hampshire Senate and ran for the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in New Hampshire's 2014 congressional elections. He competed with Marilinda Garcia and Jim Lawrence in the Republican primary for the chance to challenge incumbent Democrat Ann McLane Kuster in the general election.

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References

  1. Jonathan Hicks (June 11, 2014). "New Hampshire Businessman Seeks to Be State's First Black Congressman". BET.
  2. Pindell, James (June 9, 2014). "First-ever NH African-American to run for Congress emerges". WMUR.
  3. Jonathan Hicks (June 11, 2014). "New Hampshire Businessman Seeks to Be State's First Black Congressman". BET.