Steve Marchand

Marchand was an early Democratic primary candidate for U.S. Senate for the 2008 election, but he dropped out of the race in 2007 and endorsed former Governor Jeanne Shaheen.[1] Marchand was also a Democratic primary candidate for Governor of New Hampshire in 2016 but was defeated by Colin Van Ostern.[2] On April 3, 2017, Marchand formally announced his 2018 candidacy for governor but later lost the Democratic primary to Molly Kelly.[4] In the 2016 election cycle, Marchand was a late entrant in the Democratic primary race for New Hampshire Governor.[2] During the 2021 Portsmouth, NH City Council race, Marchand was accused by the NH Attorney General's Office of being behind websites, fliers, and robotexts implicating five sitting members of the City Council as far-right Trump supporters.
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