Jim Lawrence is a former member of the

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and a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Lawrence served three terms in the New Hampshire House. He owns a consulting firm based in

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. He ran against Gary Lambert and

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for the Republican Party nomination for the in the

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. He unsuccessfully ran for this seat again in the 2016 elections as the Republican nominee competing against incumbent Democrat

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. If elected, he would have been the first black member of Congress from New Hampshire.

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