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Since becoming the 80th Governor of New Hampshire in 2005, Gov. Lynch has been an effective leader in working to make real progress on the issues that matter most to New Hampshire families and businesses ­– improving the quality of education, promoting job creation and economic development, reducing health care costs, ensuring public safety and protecting New Hampshire’s environment and natural resources.

Under Gov. Lynch, New Hampshire was named the “Most Livable State” in the nation, as well as the “Safest State” for three years in a row. New Hampshire has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation, the lowest states taxes, and fourth lowest government spending per capita. Under Gov. Lynch it has been named one of the most business-friendly and best-managed states in the nation.

Gov. Lynch has worked to make kindergarten available to every child, to cut New Hampshire’s high school rate in half, pass the toughest laws in the nation to protect children from sexual predator, to reduce spending by making government more efficient and build the economy by making it easier for companies to retain and hire new workers, increasing job training and providing tax credits for research and development.

As the President and CEO of Knoll, Inc., a national furniture manufacturer, he transformed a company losing $50 million a year into one making a profit of nearly $240 million. Gov. Lynch has also served as chair of the University System Board of Trustees, where he worked to keep tuition increases to a minimum; as director of Admissions at the Harvard Business School, where he made ethics one of the criteria for admissions; and as president of the Lynch Group, a business-consulting firm in Manchester.

Gov. Lynch was born in Waltham, Massachusetts on November 25, 1952. Working his way through college, Gov. Lynch earned his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1974. He also holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

He and his wife of over 30 years, Susan, live in Hopkinton, and have three children, Jacqueline, Julia and Hayden.