Jim Lawrence
Jim Lawrence was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 2nd Congressional District of New Hampshire.[1]
Lawrence was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 2nd Congressional District of New Hampshire.[2] He lost to Marilinda Garcia in the Republican primary on September 9, 2014.[3]
Elections
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Annie Kuster (D) won re-election, defeating Jim Lawrence (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Lawrence defeated Eric Estevez, Jack Flanagan, Walter Kelly, Andy Martin, Jay Mercer, and Casey Newell in the Republican primary on September 13, 2016.[4][5]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | ![]() |
49.8% | 174,371 | |
Republican | Jim Lawrence | 45.3% | 158,825 | |
Independent | John Babiarz | 4.9% | 17,076 | |
Total Votes | 350,272 | |||
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
39.9% | 17,180 | ||
Jack Flanagan | 28% | 12,046 | ||
Walter Kelly | 10% | 4,287 | ||
Andy Martin | 7.3% | 3,145 | ||
Eric Estevez | 5.7% | 2,443 | ||
Jay Mercer | 4.9% | 2,113 | ||
Casey Newell | 4.3% | 1,839 | ||
Total Votes | 43,053 | |||
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State |
2014
Lawrence ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent New Hampshire's 2nd District. Lawrence sought the Republican nomination in the primary on September 9, 2014, but was defeated by Marilinda Garcia.[3]
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
49.3% | 27,285 | ||
Gary Lambert | 27.5% | 15,196 | ||
Jim Lawrence | 18.7% | 10,327 | ||
Mike Little | 4.5% | 2,489 | ||
Total Votes | 55,297 | |||
Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State - Official Election Results' |
Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on Lawrence's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
“ |
|
” |
—Jim Lawrence's campaign website |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jim + Lawrence + New Hampshire + Congress"
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016
- New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014
- New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NH1, "BREAKING: Jim Lawrence jumps into race for 2nd Congressional District," May 31, 2016
- ↑ WMUR New Hampshire, "First-ever NH African-American to run for Congress emerges," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Associated Press, "New Hampshire - 2014 Primary Results," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "New Hampshire House Primary Results," September 13, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.