Lou Vita
Lou Vita (b. November 24, 1937) is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Strafford 3 from 2010 to 2012.
Vita's professional experience includes the following; general engineer at the United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center; and field sales engineer at Controlled Acoustic.
Vita earned his BChE in chemical engineering from The Catholic University of America in 1961.
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Vita served on this committee:
Issues
Presidential preference
2012
Lou Vita endorsed Ron Paul in the 2012 presidential election.[1]
Elections
2010
On November 2, 2010, Vita won election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[2][3]
Vita advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced incumbent Larry Brown (D), incumbent Robert Perry (D), incumbent Susan Price (New Hampshire) (D), incumbent Rachel Burke (R), incumbent Carol Vita (R), Richard Stanley (D), Cory Mattocks (D), Alice Surago (D), Sam Cataldo (R), Janet Kalar (D), Bill O'Connor (R), Joseph Pitre (R), Robbie Parsons (R), William Panek (R), Martin Harty (R), and David Mincin (R) in the November 2 general election.
| New Hampshire House of Representatives, Belknap 2 Republican Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Sam Cataldo (R)
|
1,509 | |||
| Lou Vita (R)
|
1,483 | |||
| Bill O'Connor (R)
|
1,483 | |||
| Carol Vita (R)
|
1,345 | |||
| Joseph Pitre (R)
|
1,320 | |||
| Robbie Parsons (R)
|
1,210 | |||
| William Panek (R)
|
1,126 | |||
| Martin Harty (R)
|
1,122 | |||
| David Mincin (R)
|
1,116 | |||
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Personal
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Vita and his wife, Carol, have six children.
Recent news
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External links
- House website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010
Footnotes
