DJ Bettencourt currently serves as New Hampshire's Deputy Insurance Commissioner following his service as policy director for New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.
24 Facts About DJ Bettencourt
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DJ Bettencourt is a 2003 graduate of Tewksbury Memorial High Tewksbury, MA.
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DJ Bettencourt began his involvement in politics as a campaign volunteer for George W Bush's 2000 presidential campaign and was an intern on Gordon J Humphrey's 2002 gubernatorial campaign and Mitt Romney's 2002 gubernatorial campaign.
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At the University of New Hampshire, DJ Bettencourt received two bachelor's degrees in 2007 in political science and communication DJ Bettencourt attended, though did not graduate, from the University of New Hampshire School of Law where he served as President of the UNH Law chapter of the Federalist Society.
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DJ Bettencourt rose to a position of leadership with support from the newly conservative majority elected to the Legislature in 2010 and has been the public face for the Republican agenda in the House.
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DJ Bettencourt served three full terms plus almost a fourth in the House of Representatives, representing Rockingham County District 4.
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DJ Bettencourt resigned his House seat on May 27,2012, following revelations that he had submitted falsified internship documents relating to his attendance at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.
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DJ Bettencourt had made 11 weeks of reports, written in extreme detail of things that never occurred, and then submitted them as part of his internship requirements to the University of New Hampshire School of Law and then lied about it.
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DJ Bettencourt resigned as Majority Leader and then resigned his seat.
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At the time of his resignation, DJ Bettencourt served as a member of several charitable and nonprofit organizations, including the Museum of American Finance, New Hampshire Historical Society, New Hampshire Humane Society, and Republicans for Environmental Protection.
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DJ Bettencourt won the House majority leader's post on December 1,2010, in voting by the Republican House caucus.
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DJ Bettencourt formerly served on the state House Ways and Means and the Judiciary committees.
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DJ Bettencourt has co-sponsored some 30 pieces of legislation that have become law.
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DJ Bettencourt is opposed to legal abortion and is a supporter of parental notification law.
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DJ Bettencourt is sponsoring a tax credit program that would allow business to donate a certain amount of money for education to be given to families seeking alternatives to public school.
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DJ Bettencourt opposes a state sales or income tax in New Hampshire and opposes the implementing any new taxes or raising existing taxes.
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In November 2011, DJ Bettencourt harshly criticized Governor John Lynch's pledge to veto any legislation expanding gaming, stating that this would result in jobs and money going to Massachusetts rather than to New Hampshire.
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On September 2,2011, Mitt Romney's campaign for president announced that DJ Bettencourt had endorsed his candidacy.
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DJ Bettencourt said the primary and the Old Man of the Mountain are the two things that immediately come to mind when people across the country think of New Hampshire.
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In 2007, then-Speaker Terie Norelli named DJ Bettencourt to serve on the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Committee in New Hampshire.
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DJ Bettencourt is the Deputy Commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department.
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DJ Bettencourt was nominated by Commissioner Christopher Nicolopoulos and approved by Governor Christopher T Sununu in January 2021.
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Previously, Deputy Commissioner DJ Bettencourt served as Governor Sununu's Policy Director for four years, including as the Governor's liaison to the Insurance Department.
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Mr DJ Bettencourt serves on the Town of Salem, NH Budget Committee and coaches softball for his 10 year old daughter and baseball for his 5 year old son.