Ed Dupont is a New Hampshire businessman, five-term New Hampshire state senator, former New Hampshire State Senate President, and President of the Dupont Group, one of New Hampshire's most powerful lobbying firms.[1][2][3] He served on the University of New Hampshire Board of Trustees for a decade, the last four years as Chair, and served on the New Hampshire Commission on State Government Innovation, Efficiency, and Transparency.[3]

As a young man, he dropped out of the University of New Hampshire after his third year and began to run a gas station, buying his first fuel delivery truck just before the 1973 oil crisis, and founding Strafford Fuels.[3] He ran for the legislature for the first time in 1983[4] and went into lobbying after he lost the Republican primary for Governor in 1992 to Steve Merrill.[5][3]

References

  1. ↑ "ENDORSEMENT: Former N.H. State Senate President Ed Dupont Endorses Gov. John Kasich". September 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ DiStaso, John (15 January 2016). "Two former NH state senators back Kasich for president". WMUR 9 ABC News. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 McCord, Michael (4 October 2013). "Q&A with Lobbyist Ed Dupont". New Hampshire Business Review. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "NH Elections Database » Candidate Profile".
  5. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NH Governor - R Primary Race - Sep 08, 1992".
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