38 Facts About Frank Guinta

Frank Guinta is identified by National Journal as a moderate.

Frank Guinta resigned from the State House in 2004 to work as senior policy adviser to Republican Congressman Jeb Bradley.

Frank Guinta was re-elected in 2007 but did not run for a third term in 2009.

Frank Guinta is the most recent Republican to serve New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives, and alongside Kelly Ayotte is the most recent Republican to represent New Hampshire in Congress.

Frank Guinta, the son of Richard and Virginia Frank Guinta, was born in Edison, New Jersey, in 1970.

Frank Guinta graduated from the Canterbury School, a Catholic boarding school in New Milford, Connecticut, and Assumption College, a four-year liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Frank Guinta then attended Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire, where he earned a master's degree in intellectual property.

On November 7,2000, Frank Guinta was elected to a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Manchester.

In 2001, Frank Guinta ran for the post of alderman from Manchester's Ward 3.

On November 6,2001, Frank Guinta defeated Skilioganis by a vote of 630 to 522 in the general election.

In 2004, Frank Guinta resigned his House seat to take a position as senior policy adviser to US Congressman Jeb Bradley, who preceded Carol Shea-Porter as the US representative for New Hampshire's first district.

Frank Guinta held the post until March 2005, when he resigned to campaign for mayor of Manchester.

Frank Guinta was taking on Mayor Baines, a three-term mayor who had won two-thirds of the vote in the 2003 general election, who was seeking a fourth term.

Frank Guinta ran on a platform of improving education, increasing public safety and security, revitalizing Manchester's neighborhoods, promoting fiscal responsibility, and reducing property tax rates.

Frank Guinta emphasized community policing and cooperation between law enforcement and the community.

Frank Guinta was elected to a second term as mayor on November 6,2007, defeating Democrat Thomas Donovan, a former school board member.

Frank Guinta received the backing of the New Hampshire Union Leader during his re-election bid.

In June 2009, Mayor Frank Guinta announced his plan to lower property taxes by reducing school funding by 7 million dollars.

In October 2010, the New Hampshire Democratic Party filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Clerk of the House concerning $355,000 Frank Guinta loaned to his own campaign from a bank account that had not been disclosed in any previous financial statements, including those filed during his time as mayor of Manchester.

Frank Guinta dismissed speculation that the money represented an illegal campaign donation, stating that the money came from his own earnings and savings but refusing to make public the related bank statements.

In May 2015, Frank Guinta settled the case with the Federal Election Commission involving $355,000 that had been donated to him by his parents during his first House campaign in 2010.

New Hampshire politicians including US Senator Kelly Ayotte called on Frank Guinta to resign his House seat in light of the incident, but he refused.

Frank Guinta campaigned to win back the seat he lost in 2012.

Frank Guinta formed a joint fundraising committee with Massachusetts Republican and congressional candidate Richard Tisei.

Frank Guinta won the Republican primary on September 13,2016.

Frank Guinta faced Democratic nominee Carol Shea-Porter and independent candidate Shawn O'Connor in the general election.

Frank Guinta has worked to place a full-service VA medical facility in New Hampshire and has emphasized veterans' homelessness within the district.

Frank Guinta says he would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, though he supports the provisions of the law that protect people with pre-existing conditions and that allow people to stay on their parents' health plans until age 26.

Frank Guinta identified mental health funding and reform as a priority for New Hampshire.

Frank Guinta supports providing tax incentives for small businesses, lowering taxes, and reducing government spending.

Frank Guinta has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a pledge never to increase taxes or revenue.

Frank Guinta supports "broad-based" tax reforms that "lower taxes for all Americans", and simplifications to ensure that average Americans can fill out their own tax forms.

Frank Guinta has opposed the automatic cuts required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 that affect defense spending, out of concern for employment at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

On energy, Frank Guinta has favored an "all-of-the-above" energy approach encompassing both fossil fuels and alternative energy sources.

Frank Guinta has favored authorization of the Keystone XL Pipeline to expand oil access, help control the price of oil, and create jobs.

On July 22,2012, CREDO activists, joined by Occupy movement members, staged a protest at Manchester's Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, where Frank Guinta was holding a fund-raiser.

Frank Guinta says Social Security reform is needed in order to make the program solvent.

Frank Guinta has said that said both parties need to negotiate without any preconceived notions.