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

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  1. ^ "ENDORSEMENT: Former N.H. State Senate President Ed Dupont Endorses Gov. John Kasich". September 17, 2015. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  2. ^ DiStaso, John (15 January 2016). "Two former NH state senators back Kasich for president". WMUR 9 ABC News. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d 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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New Hampshire Senate
Preceded by
Louis E. Bergeron
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
from the 6th district

1984–1992
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by President of the New Hampshire Senate
1990–1992
Succeeded by