Ted Gatsas

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Theodore L. 'Ted' Gatsas


Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 5, 2010
Preceded by Frank Guinta

Member of the New Hampshire Senate
from the 16th district
In office
2000 - 2009

Born May 22, 1950 (1950-05-22) (age 59)
Manchester, New Hampshire
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Catherine

Theodore "Ted" Gatsas (born May 22, 1950) is an American Republican politician. He is the Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire.[1] He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 16th District from 2000 until he resigned in 2009 after being elected Mayor.[2]

Gatsas was educated at Manchester Central High School. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire at Manchester with a Bachelor of Science degree. He then started Staffing Network, a PEO, with his brother Michael. Gatsas was elected alderman in the Manchester city council in 1999, and later elected to the New Hampshire Senate in 2000. He became President of the Senate in 2005 by cutting a deal mid-term with the minority Democrats to remove two-term Republican Senate President Tom Eaton. He was elected Senate Minority Leader after the Democrats took control of the State Senate in 2006.

Senator Gatsas was elected Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire in the Manchester mayoral election, 2009 race, defeating Alderman Mark Roy in the November 3, 2009 general election.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/politics/local_politics/manchester-elects-republican-mayor-ted-gatsas
  2. ^ http://www.tedgatsas.com/news.php?id=111

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