NEW HAMPSHIRE
      Nov. 2, 2010 Governor

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+John Lynch (D) i
 		240,346
 		52.63%
John Stephen (R)
 		205,616
 		45.03%
John Babiarz (L)
 		10,089
 		2.21%
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 		537
 		0.11%

456,588
Plurality: 34,730 votes (7.61 percentage points).
 NH Secretary of State


Notes:  Gov. John Lynch (D) was elected to an unprecedented fourth two-year term, defeating former Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services John Stephen (R) as well as John Babiarz (L).

Lynch announced on April 16, 2010 that he would seek a fourth term.  He easily won the Sept. 14 primary, tallying 87.5% of the vote against two opponents. 

Republicans saw a four-person contest between Stephen, state Rep. Frank Emiro, businessman Jack Kimball and activist Karen Testerman.  Stephen, who announced his candidacy on Mar. 3, 2010 focusing on fiscal responsibility (>), was seen as the Republican frontrunner.  He led DHHS from 2003-07 "through a period of major innovation and reorganization."  Previously he served as an Assistant Attorney General, Assistant Commissioner of the NH Department of Safety, and a prosecutor.  In 2008 he challenged incumbent U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R) in the primary (>), and he also ran for Congress in 2000.  In the Sept. 14, 2010 primary, Stephen tallied 61.6% for the vote followed by Kimball (24.9%), Testerman (10.0%) and Emiro (3.5%).

Lynch and Stephen debated several times including:

Sept. 28 - sponsored by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and AARP at the NHIOP at St. Anselm College in Goffstown;

Oct. 1 - Candidate Forum on Business and the Economy sponsored by Lincoln Financial Group at NHPR studios in Concord (>);

Oct. 27 - hosted by WMUR and the New Hamphire Union leader at
at the NHIOP at St. Anselm College in Goffstown (>).

 
Campaign Managers:
John Lynch:  Pamela Walsh
On leave from position as deputy chief of staff to Gov. Lynch, started in that role in Jan. 2007; communications director to Gov. Lynch, Nov. 2004-06; communications director on John Lynch for New Hampshire, June-Nov. 2004.  Communications director for the NHDP, 2002-04.  Press secretary for Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, May 1999-Jan. 2003.  Reporter for the Concord Monitor, June 1996-May 1999.  B.A. in journalism and political science from Northeastern University, 1996.

 John Stephen:  Liz Christoffersen
(Apr. 2010)  NH campaign coordinator on Friends of Fred Thompson, Aug. 2007-Feb. 2008.  Self-employed political consultant on races in NH and MA from April 1992.  Worked in the hospital sector in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, 1982-88.  M.A. in economics (1982) and B.S. in business administration, business marketing and economics (1980) from Central Michigan University.

 
See also:
Ben Leubsdorf.  "Governor's race: Stephen vs. Lynch."  Concord Monitor, Nov. 2, 2010.

Norma Love.  "NH Gov. Lynch announces bid for 4th term."  Associated Press, April 16, 2010.


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