Bill Boyd | |
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Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the Hillsborough 21st district | |
Assumed office April 13, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Dick Hinch |
Member of the Merrimack Town Council | |
In office 2011–2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968or1969(age 54–55) |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Michele Boyd |
Children | 1 |
Residence | Merrimack,New Hampshire |
Alma mater | Boston College (BA) |
William Boyd III (born 1968 or 1969) is an American politician who has served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2021,representing Hillsborough County's 21st district,which contains the town of Merrimack. [1] A member of the Republican Party,Boyd ran in an April 2021 special election to succeed Dick Hinch,who died of COVID-19 in December 2020. [2] Boyd defeated the Democratic nominee,former state representative Wendy E.N. Thomas,by a margin of 2,531 votes to 2,144. [3] Boyd's campaign was assisted by Mike Pompeo,a former United States secretary of state,and Tom Cotton,a United States senator from Arkansas. [4]
Boyd previously served on the Merrimack Town Council and the New Hampshire Drinking and Groundwater Advisory Commission. [5] [6]
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