Bill Gardner (politician)

For other people named Bill Gardner, see William Gardner (disambiguation).

Bill Gardner


Secretary of State of New Hampshire
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 1976
Governor	Meldrim Thomson Hugh Gallen Vesta Roy John H. Sununu Judd Gregg Steve Merrill Jeanne Shaheen Craig Benson John Lynch Maggie Hassan Chris Sununu (Elect)
Preceded by	Ed Kelly (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-26) October 26, 1948 Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of New Hampshire, Durham (BA) Harvard University (MPA) London School of Economics (MS) University of North Carolina, Greensboro (MA)

William M. "Bill" Gardner (born October 26, 1948) is the current Secretary of State of New Hampshire. He is in charge of the department that oversees all general elections, primary elections, voter registration and recounts within the state, including the New Hampshire primary. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Public Advisory Board at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.

He began his career in New Hampshire politics as a state representative and was elected Secretary of State in 1976 by the state legislature. He has been kept in office by both Democratic and Republican legislatures since then. He is the longest currently-serving Secretary of State in the United States.

Gardner has taken the lead in New Hampshire's policy towards "100% Paper Ballot" elections, in contrast to some states that use computerized voting systems without paper records of each vote.

A strong supporter of New Hampshire's standing as the 'first in the nation' primary state, Gardner wrote Why New Hampshire with the late former Governor Hugh Gregg in October 2003, detailing the history and significance of the New Hampshire Primary. He also appears in Winning New Hampshire, released in 2004.

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Political offices
Preceded by Ed Kelly Acting	Secretary of State of New Hampshire 1976–present	Incumbent

Current statewide political officials of New Hampshire

U.S. Senators	Jeanne Shaheen Kelly Ayotte

U.S. Representatives	Frank Guinta, District 1 Ann McLane Kuster, District 2

State government	Maggie Hassan, Governor Bill Gardner, Secretary of State Joseph Foster, Attorney General (appointed) William Dwyer, Treasurer (appointed)

Executive Council	Joe Kenney Andru Volinsky Russell Prescott Chris Pappas Dave Wheeler

Senate	Chuck Morse, President Sharon Carson, President pro tempore Jeb Bradley, Majority Leader Jeff Woodburn, Minority Leader

House	Shawn Jasper, Speaker Gene Chandler, Deputy Speaker Sherman Packard, Speaker pro tem Dick Hinch, Majority Leader Steve Shurtleff, Minority Leader

Supreme Court (appointed)	Linda Dalianis, Chief Justice Gary Hicks, Senior Associate Carol Conboy, Associate Justice Robert Lynn, Associate Justice James Bassett, Associate Justice

State secretaries of state in the United States

AL John Merrill (R) AK Byron Mallott (D) AZ Michele Reagan (R) AR Mark Martin (R) CA Alex Padilla (D) CO Wayne Williams (R) CT Denise Merrill (D) DE Jeffrey Bullock (D) FL Ken Detzner (R) GA Brian Kemp (R) HI Shan Tsutsui (D) ID Lawerence Denney (R) IL Jesse White (D) IN Connie Lawson (R) IA Paul Pate (R) KS Kris Kobach (R) KY Alison Grimes (D) LA Tom Schedler (R) ME Matthew Dunlap (D) MD John Wobensmith (R) MA Bill Galvin (D) MI Ruth Johnson (R) MN Steve Simon (D) MS Delbert Hosemann (R) MO Jason Kander (D) MT Linda McCulloch (D) NE John Gale (R) NV Barbara Cegavske (R) NH Bill Gardner (D) NJ Kim Guadagno (R) NM Brad Winter (R) NY Cesar Perales (D) NC Elaine Marshall (D) ND Al Jaeger (R) OH Jon Husted (R) OK Chris Benge (R) OR Jeanne Atkins (D) PA Pedro Cortés (D) RI Nellie Gorbea (D) SC Mark Hammond (R) SD Shantel Krebs (R) TN Tre Hargett (R) TX Carlos Cascos (R) UT Spencer Cox (R) VT Jim Condos (D) VA Kelly Thomasson (D) WA Kim Wyman (R) WV Natalie Tennant (D) WI Doug La Follette (D) WY Ed Murray (R) DC Lauren Vaughan (D) Territories: AS Lemanu Mauga (D) GU Ray Tenorio (R) MP Ralph Torres (R) PR Víctor Suárez Meléndez (D) VI Osbert Potter (I)

Political party affiliations: 30 Republican 26 Democratic 1 Independent italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 57863682

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