Steve Negron is an American politician from

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who served in the

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. He was the Republican nominee for the

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in in

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and

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, losing both times to Democratic incumbent

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Early life

Negron received his

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in criminal justice from

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in 1983. Later, he received his

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from

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. Negron served in the

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for fifteen years, joining shortly after college and serving until 1998. While in the Air Force, he worked as an intercontinental ballistic missile combat crew member in

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and at

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. At the time of his retirement in 1998 he was the director of requirements with the

. After retiring from the military, Negron worked for

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and

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before founding his own contracting firm Integron LLC in 2005.

Politics

He was first elected as a Republican to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in November 2016 to represent District Hillsborough 32 for a two-year term. He came in third in the three-member district with 2,346 votes equal to 17.13% of the popular vote. Upon his election, he was named to the Election Law Committee in the legislature. in 2016 he hosted a house party for

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and was endorsed by her top supporters. Since being elected to the state legislature, Negron has not sponsored any legislation. According to other sources, he has served as a cosponsor on other pieces of legislation, but these bills were largely vetoed or died in committee. The one successful piece of legislation sponsored by Negron involved removing the limitation on a

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incurring long term debt.*

Congressional run

Midway into his first term in the state legislature, Negron announced a 2018 run as a Republican candidate for Congress in

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. As of February 8, 2018, Negron was one of five remaining Republican candidates vying for their party's nomination. His campaign raised just over $12,000, but he loaned his campaign an additional $130,000. He had given his campaign $21,000 and loaned it an additional $95,000. In 2020, Negron gained the Republican nomination and in a rematch ran against Democratic representative Ann McLane Kuster.

Personal life

Negron lives in Nashua with his wife Theresa (Terry). They have three children. He remains active in the community as well as his local

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. He is of Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestries.

References

* The information here is disputed. The website of the New Hampshire House of Representatives lists no legislation sponsored by Negron, while the website Bill Track 50 mentions at least four pieces of legislation. However, links from Bill Track 50 lead back to the New Hampshire House of Representatives website, which does not list Negron as a sponsor or cosponsor on the legislation in question. {{DEFAULTSORT:Negron, Steve American politicians of Cuban descent Candidates in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections Living people Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives People from Nashua, New Hampshire Texas Christian University alumni United States Air Force officers Western New England University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Candidates in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections 21st-century members of the New Hampshire General Court