Andy Sanborn is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 9th district between 2012 and 2018, and previously the 7th district from 2010 to 2012.

Early life, education and career

Sanborn was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He studied marketing, finance, and economics at

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. He worked in commercial lending for 15 years and was employed by an international leasing company in Chicago. Sanborn owns The Draft sports bar in Concord and is on the board of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association. Sanborn also owns and leases real estate. His tenants at Phat Stuff, a

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in Keene, were raided by the

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in 2014.

Positions

Sanborn had consistently been rated one of the most conservative members of the New Hampshire State Senate. He touts himself as the "Conservative Conscious" of the New Hampshire Senate. In 2017 he passed six new bills into law.

Marijuana legalization

In January 2014, Sanborn was the subject of a public controversy regarding a contentious email exchange with a constituent over the issue of

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. An email from a constituent supporting marijuana legalization received a heated response from Sanborn, who opposes legalization, including legislation making its way through the

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. Sanborn wrote in the email, "I’m thinking if I call the rganization you received a scholarship fromand ask their opinion on legalization, they may have a different opinion (not to mention may be asking you for their scholarship money back…)." The constituent was believed to be a college freshman and a recipient of a scholarship, information that Sanborn declined to say how it was obtained. Sanborn responded to the controversy thus: "My e-mail was not a suggestion that I could or would work to revoke any scholarship, only to highlight that those involved with awarding him those funds may have made a different decision had he expressed similar pro-marijuana legalization efforts to them when applying."

Health care

Sanborn is opposed to the

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and compared it to the crash of

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. He also opposed the creation of a state-run exchange under the act.

Electoral history

Sanborn made an unsuccessful run for the District 7 seat in the New Hampshire Senate in 2008. He ran again in 2010, this time successfully. After redistricting, he ran in District 9, defeating Lee C. Nyquist in the 2012 general election. Sanborn considered running for

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in the

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, but announced he would no longer be seeking the Republican nomination on September 27, 2013. He was reelected in 2014 and again in 2016. In the 2016 election he was the top vote getter inside his district beating his opponent by eight points while Hillary Clinton also won the district.

Legislative committees

Sanborn was a member of the following committees: *Ways & Means Committee (chair) *Election Law & Internal Affairs

Personal life

Sanborn is married to Laurie Sanborn, a representative for Hillsborough 41 in the

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References

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanborn, Andy Living people New England College alumni Republican Party New Hampshire state senators People from Lebanon, New Hampshire 21st-century American politicians Year of birth missing (living people)