Frank Guinta

Frank Guinta
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's 1st district
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byCarol Shea-Porter
Succeeded byCarol Shea-Porter
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byCarol Shea-Porter
Succeeded byCarol Shea-Porter
54th Mayor of Manchester
In office
January 3, 2006 – January 3, 2010
Preceded byRobert A. Baines
Succeeded byTed Gatsas
City of Manchester Alderman
from the 3rd Ward
In office
January 3, 2002 – January 3, 2006
Preceded byJoseph Levasseur
Succeeded byPatrick Long
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the 50th Hillsborough district
In office
December 4, 2002 – December 6, 2004
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the 39th Hillsborough district
In office
December 5, 2000 – December 4, 2002
Personal details
Born
Frank Christopher Guinta

(1970-09-26) September 26, 1970 (age 54)
Edison, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMorgan Smith
EducationAssumption College (BA)
University of New Hampshire, Concord (MA)

Frank Christopher Guinta (born September 26, 1970) is an American businessman and politician who represented New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and 2015 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, from 2006 to 2010. He is identified by National Journal as a moderate.[1]

Guinta worked in the insurance industry before being elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, where he served from 2000 to 2004; he also served as a Manchester alderman from 2001 to 2005. He resigned from the State House in 2004 to work as senior policy adviser to Republican Congressman Jeb Bradley. In 2005, he ran for mayor of Manchester and defeated three-term Democratic incumbent Robert A. Baines. He was re-elected in 2007 but did not run for a third term in 2009. Instead, he ran for Congress in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Carol Shea-Porter. In a rematch in 2012, Shea-Porter defeated Guinta to reclaim the seat. Guinta defeated Shea-Porter for a second time in 2014.[2] Shea-Porter defeated Guinta on November 8, 2016, to win back the seat.[3] He and Kelly Ayotte are the most recent Republicans to represent New Hampshire in Congress.

  1. ^ House, Billy (September 30, 2014). "Coming Soon to the House GOP: More Moderates?". National Journal. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Shea-Porter concedes race to Guinta in 1st District". WMUR. November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  3. ^ "Carol Shea-Porter beats Guinta to win back 1st Congressional District Seat - NH1". Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 9 November 2016.