Candidate Bio: David E. Cote, Democratic State Rep

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David E. Cote

Age: 51

Background/Education: Nashua High School Class of `78, some college courses

Occupation: Freelance legal researcher

Prior Elected Office: Member NH House of Representatives 1982-88, 1989-present. Delegate NH Constitutional Convention 1984.

Personal: Lifelong Nashua resident

Priorities for Nashua and NH: Help restore balance and bipartisanship in Concord, and to help bring Nashua its fair share of available resources.

Why are you running?

"To serve the people of my district, firstly, and of Nashua, and to assist them with their problems to the extent that they involve the workings of state government. In addition, the last few years have shown that the people of NH suffer when the narrowest possible ideological interests hold sway. This was never the case before, no matter who made up the majority, and in what proportion, and should not be again. I run because I fervently believe that those priorities need to be reversed and common sense, courtesy, and comity returned to the House."