John Lynch (New Hampshire governor)

John Lynch
80th Governor of New Hampshire
In office
January 6, 2005 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byCraig Benson
Succeeded byMaggie Hassan
Personal details
Born (1952-11-25) November 25, 1952 (age 71)
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSusan Lynch
Children3
ResidenceHopkinton, New Hampshire
Alma materUniversity of New Hampshire (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
Georgetown University (JD)
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John Hayden Lynch (born November 25, 1952) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 80th governor of New Hampshire from 2005 to 2013.[1] Lynch was first elected governor in 2004, defeating first-term Republican incumbent Craig Benson – the first time a first-term incumbent New Hampshire governor was defeated for re-election in 80 years.[2] Lynch won re-election in landslide victories in 2006 and 2008, and comfortably won a fourth term in 2010.[3]

Lynch is the most popular governor in New Hampshire history and, while in office, consistently ranked among the nation's most popular governors.[4][5][6][7][8]

Since 2013, Lynch has served as a Senior Lecturer in the MBA program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.[9]

  1. ^ "About Governor Lynch". State of New Hampshire. 2011. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  2. ^ Schweitzer, Sarah (November 4, 2004). "Defeated after 1 term, N.H. governor fades out". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Love, Norma (November 3, 2010). "Lynch wins historic 4th consecutive term as NH gov". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Blake, Aaron (April 12, 2012). "The nation's 10 most popular governors — and why". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Kaplan, Thomas (May 10, 2011). "Cuomo Among Most Popular Governors, Polls Show". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "John Lynch soon leaving post as popular governor". WMUR. December 10, 2012. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  7. ^ Landrigan, Kevin (December 16, 2012). "Lynch's Legacy: Appealing personality made Lynch popular as governor". Nashua Telegraph. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  8. ^ DiStaso, John (September 17, 2011). "Pundits concur that Lynch tops popularity list among governors". The New Hampshire Union Leader. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  9. ^ "Tuck School of Business - John H. Lynch". Tuck.dartmouth.edu. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

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