John S. Barnes Jr. is an
American politician who served in the
New Hampshire Senate
The New Hampshire Senate has been meeting since 1784. It is the upper house of the New Hampshire General Court, alongside the lower New Hampshire House of Representatives. It consists of 24 members representing Senate districts based on populatio ...
for the
17th district, from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2012. A member of the
Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1988 until 1992.
He won the
New Hampshire primary for
Vice President of the United States
The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...
in 2008. The following year, he co-sponsored a bill which abolished the vice-presidential preference ballot. The bill passed both houses of the state legislature and took effect in 2012.
References
External links
The New Hampshire Senate - Senator John S. Barnes, Jr.official government website
Project Vote Smart - Senator John Barnes, Jr. (NH)profile
*''Follow the Money'' - John S (Jack) Barnes Jr
20062004
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200230&c=34884 2002
20001998
campaign contributions
Republican Party New Hampshire state senators
Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
1931 births
Living people
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