Larry Converse

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Larry Converse (born 18 November 1942) [1] is a Democratic politician from Claremont, New Hampshire. [2] He was the 1984 Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Hampshire's 2nd district, losing to the Republican incumbent Judd Gregg. [3]

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Political career

1984 U.S. House election

Converse stood to be the Democratic nominee for the 1984 House election in New Hampshire's 2nd district. He won the nomination with 5,936 votes to Elliot S. Maggin's 4,710 votes and Carmen C. Chimento's 3,554 votes. He later lost to Republican incumbent Judd Gregg, gaining only 23% of the vote. [3] Converse gave up his factory job to campaign for Congress and was refused his old position after the election. [4]

1984 Democratic U.S. House primary [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry Converse 5,936 41.59%
Democratic Elliot S. Maggin 4,71033.00%
Democratic Carmen C. Chimento 3,55424.90%
Democratic Judd Gregg [Note 1] 740.52%
Total votes14,274 100.00%
New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district election, 1984 [3] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Judd Gregg 138,975 76.19%
Democratic Larry Converse42,25723.17%
Libertarian Alan Groupe1,1790.65%
Total votes182,411 100.00%
Republican hold

State politics

Converse was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2004 and re-elected in 2006. [7] [8] He failed to get re-elected in 2008 but regained his seat in the House in 2014. [9] Converse lost the 2016 election and failed to gain the nomination in 2018. [10] [11] He was the Treasurer for the Sullivan County Democrats and the Chair of the Claremont Democratic Party. [9] [12]

Personal life

Converse is married with two children. [9]

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References

Notes

  1. Gregg was the Republican Party nominee in the general election but appeared on the ballot in the Democratic primary as well.

Citations

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  2. "Representative Larry Converse (D)". New Hampshire House of Representatives . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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  4. "HOUSE CANDIDATE LOST RACE AND JOB". The New York Times . 20 November 1984. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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