Frank Guinta Politician

Frank Guinta (/ˈɡɪntə/; born September 26, 1970) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire from 2006 to 2010 and as the U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2013. He is identified by National Journal as a moderate.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 her seat. Guinta defeated Shea-Porter for a second time in 2014.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 26, 1970
Birth place	New Jersey , Edison New Jersey , United States
Religion	Catholic Church
Education	Assumption College University of New Hampshire School of Law