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Gary Azarian
Gary S. Azarian is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham 8. He held the seat from 2010 to January 2014, when he resigned to spend more time with his family, and from 2015 to February 2018, when he stepped down after moving out of the district.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| New Hampshire committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Ways and Means |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Azarian served on the following committees:
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| • Ways and Means, Clerk |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Azarian served on the following committee:
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| • Ways and Means |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Azarian served on the following committee:
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| • Ways and Means |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2016
Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 10, 2016. Incumbent Anne Priestley (R) and incumbent Joe Sweeney (R) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 8 general election.[3][4]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 8 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Gary Azarian Incumbent |
8.11% | 7,373 | |
| Republican | Arthur E. Barnes III Incumbent |
7.25% | 6,594 | |
| Republican | Ronald Belanger Incumbent |
8.28% | 7,528 | |
| Republican | Fred Doucette Incumbent |
7.74% | 7,041 | |
| Republican | Robert Elliott Incumbent |
7.82% | 7,110 | |
| Republican | Betty Gay |
7.74% | 7,034 | |
| Republican | John Janigian |
6.97% | 6,338 | |
| Republican | John Manning, Jr. Incumbent |
7.30% | 6,640 | |
| Republican | John Sytek Incumbent |
7.98% | 7,260 | |
| Democratic | Scott Abercrombie | 4.40% | 4,000 | |
| Democratic | Carla Billingham | 5.12% | 4,659 | |
| Democratic | Eleanor Carpenito | 5.70% | 5,179 | |
| Democratic | Camron Iannalfo | 4.99% | 4,534 | |
| Democratic | Sean Lewis | 5.06% | 4,598 | |
| Democratic | Bonnie Wright | 5.54% | 5,040 | |
| Total Votes | 90,928 | |||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 8 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 8 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Scott Abercrombie | |
| Democratic | Carla Billingham | |
| Democratic | Eleanor Carpenito | |
| Democratic | Camron Iannalfo | |
| Democratic | Sean Lewis | |
| Democratic | Bonnie Wright | |
The following candidates ran in the New Hampshire House of Representatives District Rockingham 8 Republican primary.[5][6]
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, District Rockingham 8 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Gary Azarian Incumbent |
8.20% | 1,004 | |
| Republican | Arthur E. Barnes III Incumbent |
7.45% | 913 | |
| Republican | Ronald Belanger Incumbent |
7.99% | 978 | |
| Republican | Fred Doucette Incumbent |
7.39% | 905 | |
| Republican | Robert Elliott Incumbent |
8.16% | 999 | |
| Republican | Betty Gay |
7.84% | 960 | |
| Republican | John Janigian |
5.61% | 687 | |
| Republican | John Manning, Jr. Incumbent |
7.34% | 899 | |
| Republican | John Sytek Incumbent |
9.50% | 1,164 | |
| Republican | Patrick Bick | 4.82% | 590 | |
| Republican | David L. Bruce | 5.57% | 682 | |
| Republican | George Kassas | 4.65% | 569 | |
| Republican | Timothy McCarthy | 5.28% | 647 | |
| Republican | Patrick McDougall | 4.78% | 586 | |
| Republican | Martha Spalding | 5.42% | 664 | |
| Total Votes | 12,247 | |||
2014
Elections for the New Hampshire House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 13, 2014. In the Rockingham 8 District election, five candidates were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while 19 candidates faced off in the Republican primary.[7] The general election was contested by seven Democrats and nine Republicans. The Democrats were Lawson Brouse, Stephanie Micklon, Harley G. Featherston, Camron Iannalfo, Dennis Iannalfo, Jane Lang, and Beth Roth. The Republicans participants were Gary Azarian, Fred Doucette, John J. Manning, Jr., Arthur E. Barnes III, and incumbents Ronald Belanger, Anne Priestley, Joe Sweeney, Robert Elliott, and John Sytek. All nine Republicans were victorious over the Democrats in the general election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Gary Azarian |
8.4% | 5,492 | |
| Republican | Ronald Belanger Incumbent |
8.1% | 5,309 | |
| Republican | Robert Elliott Incumbent |
8% | 5,207 | |
| Republican | John Sytek Incumbent |
7.9% | 5,127 | |
| Republican | Joe Sweeney Incumbent |
7.8% | 5,078 | |
| Republican | Anne Priestley Incumbent |
7.6% | 4,945 | |
| Republican | Arthur E. Barnes III |
7.5% | 4,910 | |
| Republican | Fred Doucette |
7.2% | 4,718 | |
| Republican | John J. Manning, Jr. |
7% | 4,587 | |
| Democratic | Beth Roth | 6% | 3,946 | |
| Democratic | Stephanie Micklon | 4.9% | 3,186 | |
| Democratic | Jane Lang | 4.7% | 3,040 | |
| Democratic | Harley G. Featherston | 3.8% | 2,491 | |
| Democratic | Camron Iannalfo | 3.7% | 2,432 | |
| Democratic | Dennis Iannalfo | 3.7% | 2,429 | |
| Democratic | Lawson Brouse | 3.7% | 2,385 | |
| NA | Scatter | 0% | 13 | |
| Total Votes | 65,295 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Robert Elliott Incumbent |
8.5% | 1,389 |
| Ronald Belanger Incumbent |
8.2% | 1,339 |
| Gary Azarian |
7.9% | 1,291 |
| John Sytek Incumbent |
7.7% | 1,247 |
| Joe Sweeney Incumbent |
6.4% | 1,048 |
| Anne Priestley Incumbent |
6.4% | 1,047 |
| Fred Doucette |
6.4% | 1,037 |
| John Manning |
6% | 981 |
| Arthur Barnes III |
5.1% | 825 |
| David Bruce | 5% | 822 |
| Bianca Garcia Incumbent | 5% | 822 |
| Martha Spalding | 4.9% | 799 |
| Robert Stanley | 4% | 649 |
| Patrick Bick Incumbent | 4% | 648 |
| Michael Petrilli, Sr. | 3.8% | 617 |
| Robert Uttley | 3.3% | 533 |
| Dane Hoover, Jr. | 2.7% | 439 |
| John Sjostrom, Jr. | 2.3% | 382 |
| Michael Flathers | 2.3% | 377 |
| Total Votes | 16,292 | |
2012
Azarian won re-election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire House of Representatives, Rockingham 8. Azarian advanced past the September 11 primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Ronald Belanger Incumbent |
7.2% | 6,519 | |
| Republican | Gary Azarian Incumbent |
7.2% | 6,504 | |
| Republican | John Sytek Incumbent |
7.1% | 6,399 | |
| Republican | Joe Sweeney |
6.9% | 6,287 | |
| Republican | Robert Elliott Incumbent |
6.6% | 5,996 | |
| Republican | Marilinda Garcia Incumbent |
6.5% | 5,877 | |
| Republican | Anne Priestley |
6.4% | 5,808 | |
| Republican | Bianca Rose Garcia |
6.4% | 5,760 | |
| Republican | Patrick Bick |
5.4% | 4,931 | |
| Democratic | Michael Murray | 5.3% | 4,810 | |
| Democratic | Susan Desmet | 5.2% | 4,753 | |
| Democratic | John Murphy | 4.6% | 4,134 | |
| Democratic | Rebecca Fee | 4.5% | 4,082 | |
| Democratic | Ralph Stein | 4.5% | 4,051 | |
| Democratic | Camron Iannalfo | 4.3% | 3,907 | |
| Democratic | Dee Lewis | 4.1% | 3,709 | |
| Democratic | Lawson Brouse | 4% | 3,659 | |
| Democratic | Harley Featherston | 3.8% | 3,449 | |
| Total Votes | 90,635 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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John Sytek Incumbent |
11% | 1,337 |
| Robert Elliott Incumbent |
10.6% | 1,292 |
| Ronald Belanger Incumbent |
10.5% | 1,277 |
| Gary Azarian Incumbent |
10.5% | 1,273 |
| Marilinda Garcia Incumbent |
10% | 1,211 |
| Bianca Rose Garcia |
9.1% | 1,111 |
| Joe Sweeney |
7.9% | 958 |
| Anne Priestley |
7.9% | 964 |
| Patrick Bick |
7.1% | 860 |
| John Manning, Jr. | 6.3% | 772 |
| Michael Flathers | 5.5% | 665 |
| Patrick McDougall | 3.7% | 445 |
| Total Votes | 12,165 | |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Azarian won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[11][12]
Azarian advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced incumbent Carolyn Webber (D), incumbent David Bettencourt (R), incumbent Mary Griffin (R), incumbent Charles McMahon (R), incumbent Marilinda Garcia (R), incumbent David Bates (R), incumbent Walter Kolodziej (R), incumbent Ronald Belanger (R), incumbent Robert Elliott (R), Daphne Kenyon (D), Ann Kern (D), Matthew Groch (D), Jane Lang (D), Jocelyn Leary (D), Christine White-Rogers (D), Lori Demaine (D), Neil Fallon (D), Ellie Rouillard (D), Thomas Witham (D), Henri Azibert (D), Kevin Waterhouse (R), John Sytek (R), Richard Okerman (R), Matthew O'Shaughnessy (D) and Donna Mauro (R) in the November 2 general election.[13]
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2018
In 2018, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 3 through June 30.
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2017
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In 2017, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 4 through June 22. The state House met for a veto session on November 2.
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2016
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In 2016, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 6 through June 1.
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2015
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In 2015, the New Hampshire General Court was in session from January 7 to July 1.
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Recent news
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See also
- New Hampshire House of Representatives
- House Committees
- New Hampshire General Court
- New Hampshire state legislative districts
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ Eagle Tribune, "Rep. Azarian resigns N.H. House seat," January 30, 2014
- ↑ Eagle-Tribune, "Azarian resigns from House," February 8, 2018
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed October 25, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "General Election Results - 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "State Primary - September 13, 2016," accessed June 22, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Primary election results," accessed November 21, 2016
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 Filing Period," accessed July 1, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2010 Primary Election Results," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2010 State General Election Results," accessed May 15, 2014
